{"id":32815,"date":"2025-07-30T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32815\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:14:08","slug":"conor-mcgregor-releases-heavy-teaser-suggesting-hes-returning-to-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32815\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor releases heavy teaser suggesting he\u2019s returning to UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems as if Conor McGregor may finally be getting serious about an active return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Conor-McGregor-UFC-MMA-Ireland-1024x597.jpeg\" class=\"nlz w-full h-auto wp-post-image\" alt=\"Conor McGregor, UFC, MMA, Ireland\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>For the longest time, fans and pundits alike have been questioning whether or not we\u2019ll ever see Conor McGregor fight again in mixed martial arts. There\u2019s certainly not a shortage of opponents who would be willing to step into the Octagon to face him \u2013 but really, that\u2019s not the point. The point is that the Irishman is pretty erratic these days, especially with what he\u2019s doing outside of the cage.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-calls-for-trilogy-with-conor-mcgregor-nobody-else-to-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Diaz calls for trilogy with Conor McGregor: \u201cNobody else to fight\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there\u2019s alwyas going to be space for McGregor in the UFC so long as he\u2019s actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-and-mike-perry-meet-in-feisty-face-off\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interested in coming back<\/a>. The promotion knows how much value he brings to the company and knows how much money he can bring in, even if he\u2019s nowhere near the levels he once was.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent series of social media posts, McGregor provided a great insight into what he may have coming up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conor McGregor\u2019s UFC return is now officially in motion \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gave my first blood test, that\u2019s the plaster on my shoulder. I am ECSTATIC! I\u2019m in SHAPE!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tfCxpRDx4V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/tfCxpRDx4V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/1950358774356885517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems as if Conor McGregor may finally be getting serious about an active return to the Ultimate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-32815","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\/32815","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=32815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}