Conor McGregor's coach reveals reason for mega body transformation ahead of UFC return

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Conor McGregor's coach has revealed the reason behind his remarkable body transformation ahead of his UFC return in 2022.McGregor has not featured in the championship since brutally breaking his leg during a defeat to Dustin Poirier last July.The Irishman has wasted no time in getting back to full fitness since his horrific injury though, after bulking up his physique ahead of an expected return later this year.McGregor has clearly been piling on the work in the gym during his time away from the octagon, revealing at one point he weighed 86kg, a huge 15kg more than what he came in at for his bout with Poirier.Following the transformation, his coach John Kavanagh has given the reason for the gain and insisted there is nothing to worry about.Kavanagh told news.com.au: “You know, Conor is a very hard trainer and he’s not going to go to the gym and mess around.”He added: “The only thing he could do is lift weights.

So guess what? He lifted all the weights.”Following his time away, the Notorious One is expecting to make his return to UFC later this year, and Kavanagh has no worries about the Irishman dropping the weight ahead of this.The coach continued: “In terms of am I worried in a couple months time he’ll struggle with the weight?

No.“He’s made weight for 15 years, never missed once. For all his boxing fights, all his MMA fights, he’s never missed his weight class once.“What he is going to come back to I believe is much stronger.

Any strength and conditioning coach will tell you, it’s not massively difficult to get somebody cardio fit, but it is hard to get them strong.