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28th August 2013
02:52pm BST

St-Pierre actually suffered a near identical knee injury and has made a full recovery and successfully defended his UFC title twice since then. I was talking to Conor yesterday and he actually received a phone call from St-Pierre who discussed his injury with Conor and how he rehabbed his knee back to full strength. This was a great gesture by St-Pierre and has given Conor a lot of confidence moving forward.
Conor just had his pre-op procedure performed yesterday and will undergo the full surgery in the next few days. After the surgery Conor won’t be able to fly for a couple of weeks so will have to stay close to where he undergoes the procedure. Fortunately for Conor, that is somewhere near Orange County in California.
Myself and my other team mate Chris Fields, who travelled to ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ tryouts with me, have decided that since we travelled so far we may as well visit the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas. We’re going to go there and train for a few days; I’m really looking forward to the experience.
Even though Conor might be living it up in the O.C, he is still away from his friends and family. His girlfriend Dee is with him at the moment but she has to leave in the next couple of days. So myself and Chris have decided while we’re over as far as Vegas, we’ll go pay a visit to our team mate and show him some moral support and maybe go have some fun and take his mind of the injury for the time being.
I leave things on this note.
Conor will recover from this. He will be back stronger than ever. And it will be in time for the UFC’s return to Ireland… Mark my words!!Explore more on these topics:

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