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11th Sep 2015

PIC: Conor McGregor looks like he’s been in the wars since he’s returned to Ireland

He'll be better before he's married

Darragh Murphy

They train smartly at SBG, but they also go hard.

And after being away from his home gym for more than four months, McGregor returned to action at John Kavanagh’s gym earlier this week.

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He was reunited with teammates Aisling Daly, Cathal Pendred and Paddy Holohan and jumped straight back into training as he prepares for his featherweight title unification bout with Jose Aldo at December’s UFC 194.

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And he’s earned himself some battle wounds on the Naas Road in his five days since returning to Dublin as he posted pictures yesterday of himself sporting quite a large bandage over his right eyebrow.

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Let’s hope that it’s just a scratch and didn’t require any stitches but it is the same area that was cut open by Chad Mendes the last time McGregor took to the octagon.

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