{"id":827164,"date":"2026-07-27T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827164\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:15:09","slug":"dana-white-confirms-conor-mcgregor-injury-return-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/827164\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White confirms Conor McGregor injury return timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Conor McGregor definitely isn\u2019t fighting again for a long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cNotorious\u201d made a disappointing return to action at UFC 329, lasting just 69 seconds against longtime rival Max Holloway before a McGregor knee injury forced the bout to be stopped. It was McGregor\u2019s first in-cage appearance since July 2026, when he broke his leg in a loss to Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI have no idea,\u201d White said at a post-Zuffa Boxing event press conference Sunday when asked about the video. \u201cWe had him on FaceTime tonight, ringside, but you know, Conor McGregor\u2019s out for a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">In McGregor\u2019s previous statement, he pointed out that he previously tore his ACL in a fight with Holloway back in 2013 and returned to competition nine months later, so he is optimistic that \u201cWith today\u2019s regenerative medicine advancements and improved training methods it is well within my realm to return by next summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">McGregor, 38, has said repeatedly that his goal is to fight out the final fight of his UFC contract. Following the loss to Holloway, he is now without a victory since January 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor definitely isn\u2019t fighting again for a long time. \u201cNotorious\u201d made a disappointing return to action at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":["post-827164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827164","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=827164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}