{"id":149820,"date":"2025-09-17T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149820\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:32:06","slug":"dana-white-provides-fresh-update-on-potential-conor-mcgregor-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/149820\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White provides fresh update on potential Conor McGregor comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC boss Dana White has provided a fresh update on a possible comeback for former two-weight world champion Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p>For the longest time now, fans have been wondering if and when they\u2019re going to see Conor McGregor get back into the Octagon. It\u2019s been more than four years since he last competed, when he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier. In that time, he\u2019s been pretty close to a comeback on several occasions, including when he was actually booked to fight Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-training-to-face-winner-of-mike-perry-vs-jeremy-stephens-claims-bfkc-boss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor McGregor training to face winner of Mike Perry vs Jeremy Stephens, claims BFKC boss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alas, that didn\u2019t quite come to fruition, and we\u2019re still left waiting to see whether or not the Irishman will ever fight again in mixed martial arts. McGregor has obviously been a busy man with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/jorge-masvidal\/jorge-masvidal-blasts-conor-mcgregor-fight-style-and-campaign-trail-the-same\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his political exploits<\/a> outside of the cage but now that he\u2019s put that to one side, you\u2019d have to imagine he\u2019ll shift his focus back to combat sports.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent podcast appearance, Dana White was asked about where we\u2019re at regarding McGregor\u2019s return.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>White\u2019s view on McGregor\u2019s possible comeback<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe and I have been talking nonstop and he\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m dead serious. I want this. I\u2019m training, I\u2019m back in the pool, I\u2019m doing all the s\u2014.\u2019 So we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ve still got a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dana was then asked about suggestions from fans and critics that the UFC has a problem with a lack of superstars right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I listen to s\u2014 like we have a superstar problem, or we have this problem, or we have that problem, my response to that is believe me when I f\u2014\u2014 tell you, we have no problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/17\/dana-white-answers-major-conor-mcgregor-question-in-latest-comeback-update-after-speaking-to-him-nonstop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloody Elbow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you believe that we will see Conor McGregor again in the UFC? Let us know, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC boss Dana White has provided a fresh update on a possible comeback for former two-weight world champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-149820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}