A small car is no match for Ultimate Fighting Championship star Conor
McGregor.
On Friday afternoon, McGregor was out for a ride by himself on his
bicycle in Ireland. When riding around a corner, a white car came
around and struck him. McGregor did not report any serious
injuries, and he showed a tear in his pants. The damage to the bike
was too substantial to use it to go home, so he asked the driver,
named Nick, to bring him home. While amped up from the accident, an
otherwise cogent McGregor seemed in good spirits, telling the
driver, “all good, mate, all good,” as he documented what
happened.
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“Got a bang of a car just now from behind,” McGregor wrote on
Instagram.
“A sun trap, the driver couldn’t see me. Full speed straight thru
me. Thank you God, it wasn’t my time. Thank you wrestling and judo
also. Having an awareness on the landing saved my life.”
In the video, pieces of the bike and his equipment lay scattered on
the ground, including a water bottle. The concerned driver rushed
to McGregor and told him he could not see anything while
apologizing profusely to the fighter. McGregor told him not to
worry about it, while remarking that he “could have been dead” from
the collision.
The Irishman has not set foot in the cage since June 2021, when he
broke his leg when competing against Dustin
Poirier in their rubber match. Taking the long road to
recovery, McGregor opted out of fighting in 2022 but reportedly
plans on coming back to the Octagon in 2023. It is unclear at this
point if he suffered any internal damage that will need more time
to mend.
McGregor has been in the news as of late for multiple reasons as
well, including a
report from a Spanish newspaper that he allegedly attacked a
woman on his yacht back in 2022. Additionally, “Notorious” has
floated a
comeback through “The Ultimate Fighter,” in which he would serve as
a coach. Tony
Ferguson has voiced his interest to run the opposing team,
while claiming
on Thursday that he received an offer from the promotion to do so.