CONOR MCGREGOR MAY be an optimistic five months away from his next UFC fight but is so confident of his abilities that he predicts his next, prospective opponent will not land a shot on him.
McGregor suffered a cruciate knee injury during his victorious bout with Max Holloway in August. A strict recovery timetable has been laid out for the Dubliner, who told reporters he is in the gym five hours a day and already targeting new opponents. “There’s a lot of ass-whoopings to be handed out,” he joked.
“I’m over the worst of it,” he said, before reiterating his goal to beat the 10-month rehab period that UFC star George St Pierre took to return from a similar knee injury. McGregor is confident he will be back in the octogan, fighting, in six months.
“I’d love to say [I'd fight again in] March, and London, but I’d say April or May. I’d love to get in one before they’re coming to my hometown of Dublin. I know they are coming in the third quarter of next year,” he commented.
If the injury rehab stays on-track, McGregor would relish a step up to the 155-pound weight class to take on Diego Sanchez. “It’s an easy fight,” he remarked, “I like easy money.”
Check out the video here as the Crumlin native impressively holds court with a media scrum for 25 minutes:
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