{"id":559356,"date":"2026-03-23T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559356\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:35:08","slug":"dana-white-accidentally-leaks-conor-garry-fight-wont-be-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/559356\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Accidentally Leaks Conor-Garry Fight: ‘Won’t Be in Ireland’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor McGregor’s next opponent remains uncertain, but UFC CEO Dana White might have dropped a hint, suggesting a possible fight with Ian Machado Garry. Michael Chandler has long been expected to face McGregor, but White’s comments add a new twist to the situation.<\/p>\n

McGregor has not fought since his July 2021 loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, where he suffered a broken tibia. Chandler last fought in November 2022, losing to Dustin Poirier. White previously stated that McGregor would not fight in 2024, with a return expected in early 2025.<\/p>\n

Dana White on UFC Ireland<\/p>\n

In an interview, Dana White responded to a question about the UFC’s rumored return to Ireland and whether McGregor and Garry would be fighting there. White said:<\/p>\n

Yeah, that’s a great question. 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. \u201cBut the Conor\/Garry fight won\u2019t be in Ireland.<\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

Dana White responds to Jon Jones, reacts to Nate Diaz joining MVP, Movsar Evloev’s win | UFC London<\/p>\n

The situation remains fluid, with McGregor’s return anticipated but the opponent and date still to be determined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor’s next opponent remains uncertain, but UFC CEO Dana White might have dropped a hint, suggesting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[276064,64,63,276065,15617,1913,786,26779,21715,785,85,13886,206073],"class_list":["post-559356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-accidentally","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-conor-garry","tag-dana","tag-fight","tag-fighting","tag-ireland","tag-leaks","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-white","tag-wont"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559356","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=559356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}