{"id":829970,"date":"2026-07-28T22:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829970\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:40:13","slug":"conor-mcgregor-has-never-had-less-ufc-leverage-than-he-does-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/829970\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has never had less UFC leverage than he does now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mma\/players\/conor_mcgregor\/322724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conor McGregor<\/a> could be in for a difficult farewell if he sees out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UFC<\/a> contract with one final fight in the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s long-awaited return at UFC 329 ended in devastating fashion, with the Irishman suffering an injury-related TKO defeat just 69 seconds into the fight. In many ways, it may have been the worst outcome.<\/p>\n<p>He neither truly lost nor won. As a result, McGregor enters his final fight without a compelling narrative. It is not a redemption story following a decisive defeat, nor is it a long-awaited title challenge. Instead, it is simply a retirement bout, and UFC holds all the cards.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConor McGregor announced his comeback for summer 2027<\/p>\n<p>Now, once again, McGregor is turning heads by announcing his comeback plans for International Fight Week in July 2027. His caption suggests a rematch against Max Holloway, but it isn&#8217;t a guarantee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor could be in for a difficult farewell if he sees out his UFC contract with one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":829971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-829970","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\/829970","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=829970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/829971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}