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Conor McGregor Has long declared his return to Octagon after his first attempt last June came to an unlucky end due to a training injury.
But despite his last match being almost four years ago and his newly won interest in politics, the famous fighter is apparently interested in making another attempt at a comeback – under a condition.
The UFC Fighter went to social media on Tuesday after success with Wrestlemania 41, held at the Allegiant Stadium, the home of Las Vegas Raiders, to offer its one provision to return to the sport.
MMA Fighter Conor McGregor smiles during the presentation of the Nake Knuckle Fighting Championship in Marbella on July 18, 2024. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images)
Be hosted of a UFC match at a stadium.
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“I’m only coming back to a stadium,” he wrote in a post on X.
While fans of the sport responded positively to the post, UFC CEO Dana White would probably not share the same reaction.
White has previously expressed its opposition to hosting matches at stadiums. In September, before the UFC 306, White made it clear that hosting a match at a stadium would come at the expense of the fan experience due to the production challenges.
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Dana White under UFC 303 in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, June 29, 2024. (Mark J. Revilas-usa Today Sports)
“When I go to a live event on Saturdays, I want the best in house experience that people might have, and I want the same experience on TV,” he told the media during a press conference. “I just don’t understand why I have to do a stadium when I, for what? I can get more people in there? It just doesn’t interest me.
“What interests me is to put the best live event. People always talk about how fast this sport grew -the live event is part of the reason the sport was like that.”
UFC 306 was hosted at the sphere in Las vegas, But White said at the time that it would probably be the last event of its kind.
McGregor, 36, fought late in 2021 when he lost against Dustin Poirier after breaking his leg during the fight. He was scheduled to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, but the match was interrupted after he broke his toe during training.
Conor McGregor participates in a Knucklemania V Boxing News Conference, January 23, 2025, in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
After sharing the conditions of his return, McGregor Chandler shouted in a separate post and said the two had “unfinished business.”
Chandler replied with his own post, only additional fuel speculation.
