Having withdrawn from his scheduled return at UFC 303 in June, it appears that Conor McGregor is back working towards his new date.
Nothing has been confirmed as yet for when "The Notorious" will step back inside the Octagon to face Michael Chandler.
Given the amount of time since he last competed and the videos that are often posted on social media, one of which came out recently, fans have had their doubts about whether the fight will ever happen.
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McGregor posted a video of his return to sparring on social media, showing him working quite extensively on his clinch game, defending some takedowns and of course, landing his legendary left hand.
Though this would seem to be an encouraging sign that the wheels are once again beginning to turn, we have been here several times in recent history.
MMA Fans React To Conor McGregor's Return To Sparring In New Footage
Suffice to say that the fans who commented below the footage posted on The Mac Life's YouTube channel weren't overly impressed by what they were seeing.
There has been a lot of clips of McGregor sparring in recent months and that has seemingly led to two conclusions.
One being that this doesn't necessarily mean his return is drawing closer and two, that the videos are all fairly similar to one another.
"All of these Conor sparring videos seem like a never ending bad fever dream at this point."
"2days off the coke looking good"
"I love Conor but I’m so sick of this footage already. I see zero progression, it’s like he lives in an echo chamber of yes men. How has no one told him how stiff he’s gotten? How has no one showed him how much his stance has changed and affected his fighting? Like this footage is useless."
"Is it a requirement for his sparring partners to never throw anything back?? Can't improve when all u do is beat up low level guys."
"Year 2033: Conor has released a new sparring footage and calls out out the champions of every weight class."
"Sparring champion that’s about it coz that’s all he does"
"His sparring partners are told to not push him to boost his confidence, but thats the problem, he never have a 'normal' sparrings that actually make him uncomfortable as a result he gets knocked the fak out."
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