{"id":784497,"date":"2026-07-07T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/784497\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T09:28:17","slug":"conor-mcgregor-doubles-down-on-prime-claim-before-return-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/784497\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor doubles down on prime claim before return at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"

Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> claims he\u2019s currently the most dangerous version of
\nhimself.<\/p>\n

Days before his return to the
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> following a five-year hiatus,
\nMcGregor has stated his belief that he\u2019s in his athletic prime
\ngoing into a rematch with Max
\nHolloway<\/a> at
\nUFC 329<\/a> on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Conor McGregor prepares for Max Holloway rematch at UFC
\n329
\n
\nMcGregor is high in confidence heading into UFC 329. Despite being
\n37 years old and coming off a lengthy absence from competition, the
\nformer two-division champion is eager to add more accolades to his
\nlegacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel there\u2019s so much left for me to conquer in this game. So
\nmuch more accolades. More belts, more knockouts, more records, more
\ncash,\u201d he told The Mac Life ahead of his return to the Octagon. \u201cI
\nam taking everything of what I have built. The fight game in the
\ncombat sports world is McGregor\u2019s world. And I\u2019m in my prime here
\nnow. So, it is on me now to go and show that. And that\u2019s what I
\nwill do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlighting the magnitude of his highly anticipated and
\nlong-awaited return to action, the UFC legend added that he\u2019s
\nmotivated by all the attention and pressure on him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mac has a fight\u2026 Hallelujah! The magnitude of this event is
\ncolossal. So it\u2019s not hard to get motivated. And to remain
\ndisciplined, dedicated, all that is on the line here. And I am
\nrelishing it. Another iconic mixed martial arts belt with yours
\ntruly at its helm. Working hard, same thing every day. With no ego,
\nwe leave our ego at the door. We\u2019re learning, working our shots,
\nand preparing ourselves for main event slots here at
\nStraight Blast Gym, Ireland<\/a>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor claims he\u2019s currently the most dangerous version of himself. Days before his return to the Ultimate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[4225,64,63,786,223668,785,44,85],"class_list":["post-784497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-mma","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784497","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=784497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}