Conor McGregor won't accept second loss to Dustin Poirier: ‘That was my fight to win before the injury'
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Conor McGregor won't accept second loss to Dustin Poirier: ‘That was my fight to win before the injury'

CONOR MCGREGOR has returned to fight training for the first time since he broke his leg at UFC 264 against Duston Poirier, Strap yourselves in for the greatest comeback in sports history  said McGregor in an Instagram post.  

McGregor also said that he will be able to return to full training in two months after he is given the all clear. This will include grappling, kicking and everything in between. McGregor will be looking for revenge against Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier.

At UFC 264, McGregor lost his third fight with Poirier. Since the loss, with McGregor's return to full-time training now close at hand, McGregor has continually maintained that he won the fight before getting injured.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 10: Conor McGregor  (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

At UFC 264, McGregor lost his third fight with Poirier. Since the loss, with McGregor's return to full-time training now close at hand. McGregor has continually maintained that he won the fight before getting injured.

McGregor's comments 

Once again, "Notorious" refuses to accept defeat, asserting he was injured of his own accord, not due to Poirier's actions. He also argued that heFurthermore, he maintained that he won the fight (despite all three judges scoring it in Poirier's favor in the first round).

“2 more months I am able to kick, grapple and run again. Ecstatic and grateful at my position current. Watch the work get put in now,” he wrote. “8 weeks left this calendar year. Perfect to get a head start on 22’. You think a broke bone stop me? Ho I’ve 3 legs.”

Nurmagomedov’s hand-picked Protege Islam Makhachev hit Dan Hooker with a first-round kimura, and last night, McGrego rresponded on Twitter and on how to defend kimuras, specifically, citing his own (illegal) use of a knee from his back against Makhachev's mentor, and arguing that the strike should be allowed.