{"id":692131,"date":"2026-05-25T06:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/692131\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:49:09","slug":"mcgregor-manager-promises-quick-turnaround-were-not-gonna-wait-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/692131\/","title":{"rendered":"McGregor manager promises quick turnaround: \u2018We\u2019re not gonna wait a year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Mac is back on July 11th, and he\u2019ll be sticking around for more fights after that, according to his manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Conor McGregor is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/444479\/dana-white-spoils-rousey-vs-carano-announces-conor-mcgregor-vs-max-holloway-2-for-ufc-329-on-july-11-in-las-vegas-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set to fight Max Holloway<\/a> at UFC 329 as the culmination of International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to McGregor\u2019s longtime manager Audie Attar, the timing has finally worked out for \u201cThe Notorious\u201d to return to the cage, and that return to the cage will involve more than just one fight and then more years off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In a new interview <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/05\/24\/conor-mcgregor-manager-audie-attar-on-michael-chandler-ufc-white-house-fights\/90243873007\/?taid=6a1352f73caffb00012170ba&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with MMA Junkie,<\/a> Attar laid out McGregor\u2019s plan to fight multiple times in quick succession.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI could tell you he\u2019s looking to stay active,\u201d Attar said. \u201cI could tell you that we had planned for a \u2018season\u2019 during the COVID period, and that never got going, unfortunately. So this is the new season, and he\u2019s definitely looking to stay active. We\u2019re definitely looking forward to to not only this fight, Max Holloway, July 11, and then that next fight, and we\u2019re not gonna wait a year, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That\u2019s very interesting news considering McGregor only has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/393336\/two-fights-to-freedom-conor-mcgregor-unsure-about-ufc-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two fights left<\/a> on his UFC contract. Attar refused to speculate on where the Irish sports star might go following that but Conor has said he\u2019d like to bare knuckle box and clean out all the top influencers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/412632\/conor-mcgregor-hasnt-given-up-on-fights-with-logan-and-jake-paul-the-youtuber-fights-will-come\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from the Paul brothers<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/15\/24408812\/ksi-manager-misfits-boxing-head-mams-taylor-on-conor-mcgregor-fight-we-thought-it-was-a-done-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSI.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAnd then we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see kinda what happens from there,\u201d Attar said. \u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019re looking too far ahead of things. We\u2019re just taking it one step at a time, as we should because Max Holloway is a formidable opponent, and we gotta go and handle business come July 11.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Attar revealed that McGregor had wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/8\/7\/23823838\/conor-mcgregor-on-fighting-michael-chandler-i-dont-think-they-want-him-no-more-ufc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">keep Michael Chandler<\/a> as his opponent, but was willing to fight Holloway instead despite the obvious challenge it presents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think it\u2019s a tough match-up,\u201d Attar said. \u201cI think when you\u2019re out as long as Conor\u2019s been out for, you\u2019re taking on a formidable opponent, same age, same experience, but one guy has been very active. But I\u2019m also confident in the preparation Conor\u2019s putting in. I\u2019m confident in where his head and his heart is, and I\u2019m confident that come fight night, the fans are gonna be very happy with that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">McGregor still has to make it to UFC 329 healthy, a task he failed to do when he was set to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 back in 2024. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/6\/21\/24183367\/conor-mcgregor-posts-x-ray-broken-pinky-toe-mercilessly-mocked-by-fans-and-fellow-ufc-fighters-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broken pinky toe<\/a> derailed that one \u2026 an unusually mild injury to stop McGregor, who has fought on a blown out knee in the past. We\u2019ll see if \u201cThe Notorious\u201d can stay healthy enough to make it to July 11th and then turn around in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That would be impressive to witness \u2014 the last time McGregor fought twice in twelve months was 2021 for his two-fight series against Dustin Poirier. Prior to that, it was 2016 for his two fights against Nate Diaz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mac is back on July 11th, and he\u2019ll be sticking around for more fights after that, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,702],"class_list":["post-692131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692131","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=692131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}