MMA’s Conor McGregor Says He “Could’ve Been Dead” After Bike Accident

“I’m still here,” Conor said before ending the video. “Thank god. That’s all that matters.”

One day prior to the accident, Conor took to Instagram to reveal a very different kind of news, sharing he had been offered by the UFC to return as a coach on the reality series, The Ultimate Fighter. He previously led his team to victory as a coach in 2015 against Urijah Faber‘s team.

“This is a snap from the original ultimate fighter house,” he wrote alongside a candid shot of himself shirtless in the gym Jan. 26. “Here I coached vs urijah faber. This photo was just before the show tho. It was right before I won my first world title beating urijah team mate chad mendes around.”

He added that after that after reaching that major career milestone in 2015, he went straight to coaching the “famous fight show” for season 22, noting, “With a big black eye and a gash, my tricolor, and my new and first ever ufc gold belt, I waltzed into the notorious fight gym in Las Vegas. The slickest suits and shouts the show had ever seen before.”