{"id":37038,"date":"2026-03-03T21:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-targets-UFC-return-sometime-in-the-summer-200333"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:03:28","slug":"conor-mcgregor-targets-ufc-return-sometime-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/conor-mcgregor-targets-ufc-return-sometime-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor targets UFC return &#8216;sometime in the summer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <center><!--PICTURE R--><\/p>\n<div class=\"pointer\">\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/conor-mcgregor-targets-ufc-return-sometime-in-the-summer.jpg\" width=\"640\" class=\"Picture\"\/><\/center>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>Conor McGregor continues to tease his UFC return. |<br \/>\nGetty\/UFC<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/PICTURE R--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The timeline may have shifted yet again for <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a>\u2019s proposed Octagon return.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish star once claimed that fighting on the UFC White House<br \/>\ncard was a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-Suggests-Fighting-at-UFC-White-House-Done-Deal-198564\"> &#8220;done deal,\u201d<\/a> but that no longer seems to be the primary<br \/>\ntarget.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8220;I am in negotiations with the Ultimate Fighting Championship about<br \/>\nthe bout, either the White House or thereabouts,&#8221; McGregor told<br \/>\nDrink Litt. &#8220;Sometime in the summer, McGregor will return.\u201d<center readability=\"3.9566563467492\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.551083591331\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Conor McGregor says he\u2019s in negotiations<br \/>\nwith the UFC to fight this summer \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am in negotiations with the UFC about the bout, either the White<br \/>\nHouse or thereabouts. Sometime in the summer, McGregor will<br \/>\nreturn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(via IG \/ drinklitt) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFS4jaVCiL\">pic.twitter.com\/VFS4jaVCiL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChampRDS\/status\/2028857464544718954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><br \/>\nMarch 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Same Story, Different Date<\/h2>\n<p>Last month in a tweet he later deleted, McGregor claimed that he<br \/>\nhad been <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-claims-hes-been-offered-date-opponent-in-sincedeleted-tweet-200168\"><br \/>\noffered a date and opponent<\/a>, and that he was waiting on a<br \/>\ncontract from the UFC. Shortly thereafter, he revealed that his<br \/>\npotential opponent was a \u201cno name.\u201d That post was also deleted.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor hasn\u2019t competed since June 2021, when he suffered a<br \/>\ngruesomely broken leg in a loss to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Dustin-Poirier-50529\">Dustin<br \/>\nPoirier<\/a> at UFC 264. A comeback appeared imminent when he<br \/>\ncoached opposite <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Michael-Chandler-50829\">Michael<br \/>\nChandler<\/a> on \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter 31,\u201d but the fight against<br \/>\nChandler was delayed multiple times before he withdrew from their<br \/>\nUFC 303 booking due to a broken toe on the week of the fight. SBG<br \/>\nIreland coach <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/John-Kavanagh-3944\">John<br \/>\nKavanagh<\/a> revealed late last year that his fighter was <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Coach-Conor-McGregor-Fully-Locked-In-for-UFC-White-House-Event-199103\"> &#8220;fully locked in\u201d<\/a> for a fight at the White House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor continues to tease his UFC return. | Getty\/UFC The timeline may have shifted yet again for Conor McGregor\u2019s proposed Octagon return. The Irish star once claimed that fighting on the UFC White House card was a &#8220;done deal,\u201d but that no longer seems to be the primary target. 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