The biggest star and mouth in MMA delivered an unusually brief message to fans/haters in his latest social media post.
Conor McGregor was in philosophical mood as he dished out some motivational advice to those who still look up to him.
He tweeted simply: "Let their hate motivate."
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If it is the case that the more hate you receive, the more fuel with which you are supplied to improve yourself - then McGregor ought to be back better than ever in 2023.
That's because he continues to rack up foes at an incredible rate despite having been sidelined through injury since July 2021.
While bad blood obviously still flows between he and nemisis Dustin Poirier, he's also managed to become embroiled in social media spats with Carl Froch, Michael Bisping, Islam Makhachev and...Hasbulla.
Who knows if and when he will return to the octagon but we do now at least know it'll be deep into next year if it happens.
This is becuase UFC kingpin Dana White revealed at a media briefing after UFC 280 that The Notorious would first have to re-enter their drug testing pool for six months before he will be allowed to fight.
The 34-year-old is currently off in the Dominican Republic filming for his role in the upcoming reboot of 1980s classic Road House.
Although he is enjoying the new experience of filming a movie, the Dubliner is evidently still working out frequently as he has repeatedly stated that he still plans on coming back to silence all of his critics once and for all.
Alongside his latest gym post, he wrote: "17 hour days filming then straight to the gym before going home. How bad do you want it? I work so hard for it because 1. I love it. 2. I want it. And 3. its mine."
He's clearly bulked up a lot while sidelined from the UFC so if he does come back for a revenge tour, it'll be at welterweight rather than lightweight and certainly not featherweight where his initial title run was based.
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