UFC president Dana White said Conor McGregor wants to fight squashed the prospect of it happening this year.
UFC president Dana White addressed the future of the former two-division champion after the season debut of Dana White's Contender Series on Tuesday. While he was optimistic that McGregor would compete again for the promotion, White made it clear that a fight with"We talked and he wants to fight," White said when asked if and when McGregor will return to the Octagon."We'll figure it out. Not this year. He won't fight this year."in July 2021.
Since then, McGregor has been adamant that he would be back in action before the end of the year. However, White had shut down the idea of McGregor returning to the Octagon between August and October. With UFC 308 headlined by featherweight championat Madison Square Garden in November, leaving UFC 310 in Las Vegas as the final pay-per-view card left for McGregor to headline.
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