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Conor McGregor For a long time his return to the octagon after his first attempt last June ended unhappy due to a training injury.
But despite his last fight almost four years ago and his new interest in politics, the famous fighter is apparently interested in making another attempt to return – in a single condition.
THE UFC Fighter went to social networks Tuesday after the success of Wrestlemania 41, which was held at the Allegiant Stadium, the Maison des Raiders de Las Vegas, to offer its only stipulation of return to sport.
The hunter MMA Conor McGregor smiles during the presentation of the Knuckle combat championship in Marbella on July 18, 2024. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP via Getty Images)
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“I will only come back in a stadium,” he wrote in an article on X.
While sports fans responded positively to the post, the CEO of the UFC, Dana White, would probably not share the same reaction.
White has already expressed his opposition to the organization of fighting in the stadiums. In September, before the UFC 306, White clearly indicated that the organization of a fight in a stadium would be at the expense of the experience of fans due to the challenges of production.
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Dana White during the UFC 303 in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, June 29, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SPORTS)
“When I organized a live event on Saturday, I want the best experience in the house people to have, and I want the same television experience,” he told a press conference. “I just don’t understand why I would need to do a stadium when, for what? I can do more people there? I just don’t interest me.
“What interests me is to put the best event live. People always talk about the speed at which this sport has grown – the live event is part of the reason why sport has grown up like that.”
The UFC 306 was hosted in the sphere Las Vegas, But White said at the time that it would probably be the last event of the genre.
McGregor, 36, fought for the last time in 2021, when he lost against Dustin Poirier after having broken his leg during the fight. He was to fight Michael Chandler at the UFC 303 in June, but the fight was canceled after having broken his toes during training.
Conor McGregor participates in a Knucklemania press conference against Boxing, January 23, 2025, in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. (AP photo / Matt Rourke)
After sharing the conditions for his return, McGregor called Chandler in a separate position, declaring that the two had “unfinished affairs”.
Chandler responded by a position to his own, only fuel speculation.
