Three weeks from the day that Conor McGregor suffered a damaged toe, he’s itching to return to the cage as quickly as doable.

McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was in attendance Saturday at 3Arena in Dublin for Bellator Champions Sequence to nook teammate Sinead Kavanagh on the primary card. McGregor revealed backstage to Extreme MMA that his toe continues to be giving him points regardless of stem cell remedy.

“We simply modify,” McGregor mentioned. “Every thing is transferring. Every thing is transferring components, so I’m good. The harm is a nuisance. It’s painful. I’m not going to lie. It’s very, very painful – in all probability much more than the leg, and that’s the reality. I’ll inform you why: The leg was at the least wrapped up. I couldn’t entry it. The foot is simply there nonetheless. It’s prefer it’s uncovered or one thing. It’s a bit painful, but it surely comes with the territory. I want to only dial it in, get my coaching camps appropriate.”

McGregor, who nonetheless is in slippers to ease the ache of transferring round on the harm that brought on him to withdraw from UFC 303 vs. Michael Chandler, mentioned he goals to return someday within the two-to-three-month vary. The UFC nor its CEO Dana White has shed any gentle on their hopes or plans for that return.

“August-September … August-September, I’d love,” McGregor mentioned. “You know how it’s. I’m in restoration mode.”

Regardless, McGregor thinks he made the suitable transfer to withdraw from the bout, significantly since the latest time he competed was in 2021 when he fractured his leg in a battle vs. Dustin Poirier. It wasn’t a simple alternative, McGregor mentioned.

“The UFC has been stellar,” McGregor mentioned. “They’ve actually gone above for me. I’m so grateful for that as a result of I used to be in a darkish place. Now, I’m all proper. I’m coming. I’m all proper. I’m getting there once more. I’m able to go once more – quickly sufficient. I’m simply very appreciative of them aiding me. I’m unhappy for the followers that wished the leisure of the pay-per-view, of the press convention and the pay-per-view and the cardboard and all. However look, it was simply a type of damned issues.

“How may I justify making that stroll once more after which be stationary, flat on the toes, after which saying to my followers afterward, ‘Oh, this occurred however I made the stroll for you guys’? The followers have seen this. I can’t do it once more. Should you’re paying that a lot, you need to see one of the best of me. In order that’s what they’re going to see. It’s on me now and my workforce of coaches and my workforce of coaching companions to actually dial it in and make it possible for occurs – and I’m assured we’ll.”