After being snubbed for the White House card, fans have eagerly awaited Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon.
Despite his inactivity, only competing twice in over six years, ‘The Notorious’ remains the biggest star in the UFC without comparison. Whenever the Irishman is booked to fight, fans sit up and pay attention, but they’ve been forced to wait for his comeback due to injury, legal issues, and personal problems that have occurred during his stint on the sidelines.
Over the past year, Conor McGregor has been teasing his return to combat sports. Several training videos have surfaced, and the former two-division UFC champion has sworn sobriety as he is determined, in his own words, to make the greatest comeback in sports history.
That dream is seemingly edging closer, and Dana White may have just teased Conor McGregor’s next fight. Queried on a potential UFC trip to Ireland with both McGregor and his countryman Ian Machado Garry ready to get back into the cage, White may have provided details of who they’ll both be colliding with next.
“Yeah, that’s a great question,” White said about the UFC’s rumored return to Ireland. “Definitely not with those fights. But, yes. I mean, I love Ireland, too. So, [I would] love to go back to Dublin, do a show there. And we’re definitely taking Zuffa Boxing to Ireland, too.”
“But the Conor/Garry fight won’t be in Ireland.”
Both have hinted at big news, and with Conor McGregor’s rumored opponent of the last two years, Michael Chandler, being booked, it doesn’t leave much option for the Dublin native.
Ian Machado Garry is hoping to be next in line for a welterweight title shot. But with Islam Makhachev’s preference to face Kamaru Usman, the next best thing for Garry’s career would undoubtedly be a win over McGregor.
Despite Dana White’s comments, the fight doesn’t seem likely to happen, but if there’s a chance it does, it would be a great battle between two of Ireland’s finest under the UFC banner.
