Conor McGregor: UFC legend provides positive update on UFC return

Chael Sonnen has explained what convinced him that Conor McGregor will return to compete in the UFC.

As we all know, you have to go back a long way to find a time whereby there was a bigger star in mixed martial arts than Conor McGregor.

The Irishman, throughout the course of his illustrious career, went from strength to strength by seemingly doing the unimaginable time and time again.

Nobody could quite believe what he was achieving and in the present day, while he may not be active, he still has a very valid claim to be the ‘face of the fight game’, as he likes to say.

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The latest appearance from McGregor inside the Octagon came last summer when he suffered an unfortunate leg break during his highly anticipated trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. Ever since then, fans have been wondering if and when he would return to the cage in the name of getting back in the win column.

Recent training videos have suggested he could be gearing up for another run with one, in particular, convincing UFC legend Chael Sonnen that he’ll be back in no time.

“There’s guys that go into a gym, they’ll do a whole gym workout. They’ll lift some weights, hit the pull-up bar, make sure they snap a photo of themselves for Instagram, they’ll hit the water fountain, they’ll even get some mitts in, they’ll go over to the speed bag. That’s exercise, that’s good stuff.”

“Conor grabbing a guy, pushing and pulling, back and forth – you don’t play wrestling.

“You don’t play wrestling, it’s very difficult. It’s very hard stuff and the fact that Conor McGregor is out there on a weekend pushing and pulling, holding stance and he’s wrestling, guys, he’s coming