'I'll do three this 12 months': Conor McGregor desires lively schedule after UFC 303 return

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is again in struggle mode and desires to make up for misplaced time.

“The Infamous” will likely be 10 days shy of a three-year absence from motion when he steps into the cage to face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29. A damaged ankle suffered in his trilogy bout towards Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, and eligibility attributable to exiting the anti-doping testing pool led to McGregor’s prolonged keep on the sidelines. Now, the previous champ-champ says he’s keen to stay lively.

“I’m again, and I’m on a tear,” McGregor advised The MacLife. “I’m feeling nice. ‘Improve the software program, with out damaging the {hardware},’ an outdated Coach Kavanagh adage. … Coaching has been going large and I’m excited to get going.”

McGregor will likely be looking for his first win since January 2020, when he completed Donald Cerrone in simply 40 seconds at UFC 246. He would then go on to lose the rematch and trilogy bouts to Poirier. If issues go nicely towards Chandler in June, McGregor desires to get at the least two extra fights in earlier than the 12 months is completed.

“I’ll do three this 12 months: June, September, December,” McGregor stated. “… We’ve obtained Chandler in June, clearly. September, Sphere, is Mexican Independence Day. Doubtlessly somebody with a Mexican heritage, possibly a (Nate) Diaz. I believe Diaz could be good. I don’t know the ins and outs. I type of thought that may be a stunning one.

“I’m up for anybody. Any one in every of them, that’s the reality. I don’t actually care who it’s. I simply – I’m again. I would like the exercise, and I’ve stated this earlier than, and God keen, please, that is the time. I really feel and I consider that it’s. Whoever it’s. There’s a great deal of them that it may very well be. They’re queueing them. There’s been a great deal of callouts. So, I’m enthusiastic about that. Line them up, and I’m going to knock them down.”