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The erstwhile two-weight mixed martial arts world champion Conor McGregor will make his return to nan UFC octagon connected 11 July successful Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White has announced.
The Irishman, who has not fought since breaking his limb against Dustin Poirier successful July 2021, will look Hawaii’s Max Holloway successful nan main arena astatine UFC 329 successful nan T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, pinch nan title taking spot astatine lightweight/welterweight.
With his flashy striking style and penchant for entertaining and violative trash-talk, McGregor debuted pinch nan promotion successful 2013 and quickly became nan biggest prima successful nan sport, adding nan UFC lightweight title to his featherweight crown successful 2016 to go nan first jock to clasp 2 UFC belts simultaneously.
McGregor’s brash mode proved a immense deed pinch fans astir nan world, and he was instrumental successful helping nan athletics of MMA, which was erstwhile famously derided by nan US legislator John McCain arsenic “human cockfighting”, to summation mainstream acceptance.
A boxing lucifer against Floyd Mayweather Jr successful August 2017 made nan Irishman tens of millions of dollars, but he has only fought 4 times successful MMA since beating Eddie Alvarez to declare nan lightweight crown connected 12 November 2016, losing 3 of those bouts.
McGregor, 37, was slated to meet nan erstwhile Bellator champion Michael Chandler successful June 2024, but that was cancelled aft he suffered a surgery toed successful training.
Later that twelvemonth a assemblage successful an Irish civilian tribunal recovered him liable successful a civilian rape lawsuit brought by a female successful Dublin aft an incident successful 2018.
In October 2025, he accepted an 18-month prohibition for “whereabouts failures” aft he missed 3 attempts by Combat Sports Anti-Doping to cod biologic samples from him successful 2024. The prohibition was back-dated and expired successful March.
If McGregor does conflict Holloway connected 11 July, it will beryllium 5 years and 1 time since his surgery limb against Poirier.
