Conor McGregor next fight: Notorious gives update on octagon return

Conor McGregor has given UFC fans a positive update on his road to recovery.

The Irish MMA superstar is expected to be back in action before the end of the year.

The 33-year-old Irishman underwent leg surgery for a broken tibia and fibula he suffered during his trilogy defeat to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in Las Vegas.

But McGregor is apparently feeling much better, telling Severe MMA: “Very good, very good. It’s getting there. Day by day I feel better.

“They’re telling me to just take it easy, but I feel I can go, so I feel like I just need to pull the reins back on my own self, so that’s kind of what I’m doing.

“So I’m happy with it, I’m almost back, and that’s it.

“April they said I can spar again and I can box again basically so I’m just going to take it day by day.

“Once I get back to sparring I’ll know weight, I’ll know feel, I’ll know my own style. I’m going to develop a different style I imagine.

“I’ve been shadow-boxing a lot lately, and I feel like I’m just getting the bearings of myself, I can stop and start and take off.

“It’s just a little twist or the torque I’ve just got to be careful of, but this will be here today, gone tomorrow in my own head.

“The bone will recover, it’ll connect back to itself, and it’ll be like it never happened.”

In McGregor’s absence, the lightweight division is back in full swing, with Charles Oliveira set to defend his 155lbs champ belt against Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 274 on May 7.

But Notorious believes that ‘Do Bronx’ should wait a while instead as he reckons he’ll be ready for a return a few months later.

He added: “Is it though? Is it though? It’s not announced is it? I don’t know either, I’ve heard things, but I don’t know.

“Maybe if your man is