{"id":431816,"date":"2026-05-17T09:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/431816\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:38:30","slug":"conor-mcgregor-to-return-after-five-years-for-max-holloway-rematch-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/431816\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor to return after five years for Max Holloway rematch at UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">In 2024, he was found liable and ordered to pay around $250,000 damages to a woman who accused him of rape in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">In December, a woman who accused McGregor of sexually assaulting her at an NBA game in Miami dropped her civil lawsuit against him, authorities having already declined to pursue criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">A month earlier, McGregor was suspended for 18 months after missing three drug tests in a 12-month period, escaping a longer ban after Combat Sports Anti-Doping said he co-operated with their investigation into the missed tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">The UFC announced the bout during the first MMA promotion by YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul\u2019s Most Valuable Promotions outfit, a card in Los Angeles highlighted by Ronda Rousey\u2019s return against Gina Carano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mplxTcLUMibHPxLgQP\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2024, he was found liable and ordered to pay around $250,000 damages to a woman who accused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[159768,74,1975,18239,221059,18791,1888,1342,2082,33488,5832,33813,1442,111,139,221061,69,221060,17894,1527,3048,213,1120,2044,61,4306,46232,20249,1316,1533,1530],"class_list":["post-431816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-159768","tag-after","tag-at","tag-championship","tag-conor","tag-fighting","tag-first","tag-five","tag-for","tag-holloway","tag-july","tag-max","tag-mcgregor","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nontitle","tag-nz","tag-octagon","tag-rematch","tag-return","tag-said","tag-sports","tag-takes","tag-time","tag-to","tag-ufc","tag-ultimate","tag-vegas","tag-when","tag-will","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}