Conor McGregor may return to the UFC as early as the beginning of 2021, promotion boss Dana White has hinted, saying that he was engaged on some “enjoyable stuff” with the infamous Irishman.
McGregor introduced his ‘retirement’ from the game in June, and the previous two-weight champ has since caught to the road that he’s a person of leisure, taking on a high-profile – if controversial – residence on the Mediterranean coast for a lot of the summer season.
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However Dana White has now hinted that we may see McGregor again within the UFC once more early in 2021, though he remained cagey about what capability that may be in.
“We’re really engaged on some enjoyable stuff for Conor firstly of subsequent yr,” White advised ESPN.
“He ought to be again subsequent yr. I’m not saying he’s coming again to battle assured, however we’re speaking proper now about some stuff.”
Intriguingly, White later added on TSN that he was “kicking some stuff round” with McGregor, once more with out revealing the character of the plans.
“I got here up with an thought a pair days in the past, and I reached out to him to see what he thought, and he was ,” the UFC chief stated.
“So, we’re kicking some stuff round. It’s not achieved. When it’s achieved, I might like to share the thought with you when it’s able to roll. It’s simply an thought proper now. Yeah, late 2020 or early 2021.”
McGregor, 32, has once more made headlines for all of the incorrect causes in latest weeks, being arrested for alleged indecent publicity in Corsica.
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The Irishman and his staff have vigorously denied these claims, issuing a defiant message on Fb by which he asserted he was being “arrange.”
“Attempt set me up all yous f***ing need time and again and over. The reality will at all times set me free! Be it child father claims, rape, indecent publicity, bullsh*t WhatsApp group sh*t. You f***ing title it. By no means will I fold!” wrote McGregor.
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He revealed earlier in September that he was nonetheless a part of the USADA pool, sharing photos of testing equipment from the anti-doping company on his yacht.
That additional fueled rumors that his retirement is merely non permanent – as was the case together with his earlier two claims that he was calling time on his profession.
What’s happening right here @ufc? USADA have simply arrived to my yacht this morning for testing? I’ve retired guys! However go on then, I’ll permit them take a look at me. It’s all pure right here child! Without end and at all times, God Bless 🙏 180km throughout the Mediterranean Sea tomorrow! LET’S GO!! pic.twitter.com/xjk0wvci0n
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) September 11, 2020
McGregor’s final octagon look was in January, when he returned after greater than a yr out to demolish fan favourite Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone in simply 40 seconds of their welterweight bout in Las Vegas.
