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Conor McGregor started training again just 24 hours after defeat to Dustin Poirier.
Trainer John Kavanagh told ESPN: “The leg is OK.
“There’s no serious damage. The peroneal nerve that runs down on that side of the leg, which was kicked a number of times, was completely dead,
“And then the leg started filling up with blood as well, so he couldn’t move on it all.
“But as of today, he’s in good form. He did a very tough workout this morning.”
Kavanagh also revealed McGregor is desperate to get a trilogy fight arranged.
He added: “He’s already harassing everybody to get the rematch.
“We would love the rematch. I don’t think Dustin is against that. If we could get the rematch before the summer, that’d be amazing.
“If it’s not to be, I guess I don’t really know. Maybe he drifts off into the boxing.”
Finally, Physician Brian Sutterer has detailed the exact kind of punishment McGregor suffered to his legs against Poirier.
He said: “As soon as he put weight on that right leg, he was in some serious discomfort.
“[Poirier’s leg kicks] made contact exactly on this kind of lateral aspect of McGregor’s lower leg near the outside of the calf.
“Even right away we can see McGregor have some pain here, having difficulty putting weight on that leg.
“And that just accumulated throughout the fight, so at the end, McGregor’s leg was basically dead.”
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