{"id":325022,"date":"2025-12-04T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:00:12","slug":"suspended-conor-mcgregors-ufc-return-signed-sealed-and-delivered-for-white-house-card-as-mma-icon-ramps-up-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/325022\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended Conor McGregor&#8217;s UFC return &#8216;signed, sealed and delivered&#8217; for White House card as MMA icon ramps up training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONOR MCGREGOR\u2019s long-awaited return to the UFC is \u201csigned, sealed and delivered\u201d, according to the man set to welcome him back to the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>The Irishman hasn\u2019t set foot inside the cage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/3259995\/conor-mcgregor-video-broken-leg-ufc-264\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier<\/a> over four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the Sport newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor hasn\u2019t set foot inside the octagon since breaking his leg over four years agoCredit: REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, 37, has claimed he\u2019s set make his grand return at the UFC White House cardCredit: X@THENOTORIOUSMMA<\/p>\n<p>Michael Chandler says his long-overdue bout with \u2018The Notorious\u2019 will take place on the White House lawnCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/conor-mcgregor\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"McGregor (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">McGregor<\/a>, 37, was set to make his grand return to action last June against rival Ultimate Fighter season 31 coach Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>He withdrew from the fight with a broken left pinky toe, but has since earmarked the UFC\u2019s proposed White House card on June 14 as the new date for the bout.<\/p>\n<p>And former three-time Bellator lightweight champion Chandler has claimed their long-overdue clash is a done deal for the historic card.<\/p>\n<p>He said on Instagram: \u201cSeeing a lot of you guys asking me why I didn\u2019t call out Conor last night. There\u2019s a simple reason why I didn\u2019t call out Conor.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/15586256\/conor-mcgregor-sex-assault-lawsuit-dropped\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RB-03-12-CONNOR_COMP1_a43279.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">CASE AXED<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">McGregor lawsuit DROPPED after woman claimed he tried to rape her in toilets<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I had a microphone in my hand and yeah, I was pumped up, I was sweating, the juices were flowing, the veins were pumping.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019m not gonna call out Conor at a wrestling match. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have done it enough, the fight\u2019s already happening. You know I want to fight him, you know he wants to fight me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s brought in guys to his training camp to mimic my style.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET \u00a350 BONUS WHEN YOU JOIN<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor hit with 18-month UFC ban for breaching anti-doping rules \u2013 but free to fight at the White House<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that fight\u2019s already been called out, been signed, sealed and delivered since June of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s gonna make good on his promise, on his words, on the ink on the contract in June of 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chandler\u2019s claim that his clash with McGregor is a done deal comes as the former two-division champion continues to serve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/15305014\/conor-mcgregor-ufc-ban-doping-rules-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DOPING BAN<\/a>..<\/p>\n<p>Ireland\u2018s first and only UFC champion was slapped with an 18-month suspension by the promotion in September for violating their anti-doping policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Notorious\u2019 racked up three whereabouts failures for missing scheduled drug tests on June 13, September 19, and September 20, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Combat Sports Anti-Doping were initially set to give McGregor a two-year ban but reduced his suspension to 18 months due to his cooperation with the investigation and the circumstances surrounding his injury.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor\u2019s period of ineligibility began on September 20, 2024 and will end March 20, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor, who is slowly ramping up his training, is champing at the bit to get back inside the cage.<\/p>\n<p>He recently told Fox News: \u201cMcGregor will compete in the White House for America\u2019s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>That fight\u2019s already been called out, been signed, sealed and delivered since June of 2024.u0022<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tMichael Chandler\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor is currently serving an 18-month doping suspensionCredit: INSTAGRAM@THENOTORIOUSMMA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and Dana [White] are in constant communication, we\u2019ve done incredible business together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the highest-generating fighter of all time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve just signed a breathtaking deal with Paramount, where we go to cable TV. $7.7 billion that deal was approved for.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to rock, baby. Bring in the big dog, the \u2018Mac G\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should McGregor fight on the White House card the bout will be his first since he was found civilly liable for assaulting Nikita Hand at a Dublin hotel in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor lost his appeal of the verdict, which was turned in by a jury of his peers at Dublin\u2019s High Court last November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CONOR MCGREGOR\u2019s long-awaited return to the UFC is \u201csigned, sealed and delivered\u201d, according to the man set to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,640],"class_list":{"0":"post-325022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}