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Conor McGregor's return to the UFC is set for 2024 after continued setbacks and delays, but Joe Rogan is wondering if the Irishman will ever be able to fight the same way after his leg injury.
McGregor suffered a horror fracture to his tibia in 2021 during his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in Las Vegas, a rivalry seven years in the making after first meeting in 2014.
However, the fight did not progress beyond the first round, with Notorious backing away from a punch but seemingly putting too much weight on his left leg, resulting in his tibia being broken.
Now, over two years later, he is set to return against Michael Chandler, but despite the fight being a long time coming, it remains to be seen if it will happen in 2024.
As such, Rogan remains skeptical as to whether the Irishman will ever be able to fully compete to his own high standards.
Joe Rogan has wondered whether Conor McGregor will ever be able to reach his former standards
Rogen claimed that Anderson Silva was the “only guy” to ever come back from a similar break
“No one comes back from that,” Rogan said on his podcast. “Nobody ever came back from that catastrophic leg break. The tibia breaks.
“Not a single athlete has come back from it and performed at the same level.
“Anderson Silva is the only guy who came back and fought multiple times, and he wasn't the same guy.”
McGregor was recently reinstated into the WADA pool of
The former two-division champion claims he will return to the Octagon in April after a three-year hiatus as he insists he will compete at UFC 300, although his coach John Kavanagh revealed his return has been 'postponed' until the summer.
Although fans may have to wait until next summer to see the MMA superstar in action, it appears the Irishman's preparation for a return is already well underway.
McGregor had previously dropped out of UFC's testing pool during his recovery, before recently re-entering the testing pool as he prepares.
As a result, a number of skeptics suggested that he may have taken a performance-enhancing drug when it had not been tested to aid his recovery, although Rogen suggested there was nothing wrong with this.
“I definitely support guys doing things to recover from injuries like Conor did with his leg injury,” Rogan said. '
'100 percent. No question. I am one hundred percent all-in on that. That's the only way.
“They recently started testing him. He got jacked and that's also when you have to do it when you have something like a catastrophic leg injury.
McGregor is gearing up for a return to the cage against Michael Chandler in 2024
Rogen suggested there was little wrong with McGregor's use of performance enhancers
“I mean, he's got rods in his legs, he's had multiple surgeries. It's not just one. It doesn't always heal well and it breaks again'
McGregor previously denied using performance enhancers and responded to a fan last year by outlining his diet.
He responded with a brief description of his diet, which included nothing more than his own brands of whiskey and stout, as well as organically raised beef.
He said, “Proper Twelve and Forged Irish Stout. Served alongside my own organically grown Irish beef, served on a hot stone. Tidl spray for pain.'
The Irishman insisted he was 'using' nothing other than a diet of whisky, stout and organic beef