Conor McGregor has taken a huge step towards a UFC comeback by kicking with his injured left leg in training.
The Irishman snapped his tibia in the opening round of his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier last summer and has since been limited to boxing training while his recovery timeline has been repeatedly pushed back. A target date of April to return to full sparring has slipped considerably, prompting fears the former two-weight world champion would not return this year.
But McGregor has now posted a short video of himself kicking a bag in the gym, seemingly at full pelt, with his hitherto broken leg. In typical understated fashion, he captioned the video: "Something like a phenomenon!" while he remarks in the footage, "They were nice, [it felt] good".
