{"id":38581,"date":"2026-06-01T16:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Islam-Makhachev-shares-prediction-for-Conor-McGregors-return-201399"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T16:14:39","slug":"islam-makhachev-shares-prediction-for-conor-mcgregors-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/islam-makhachev-shares-prediction-for-conor-mcgregors-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev shares prediction for Conor McGregor\u2019s return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> believes Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a> has a tough matchup for his return. <\/p>\n

McGregor is set to return for the first time since 2021 in a
\nrematch against Max
\nHolloway<\/a> at UFC 329<\/a>
\non July 11 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor is a +300
\nunderdog going into the fight against Holloway, a -450 favorite.
\nWhile Makhachev believes McGregor\u2019s return is good for the sport,
\nthe
\nUFC<\/a> welterweight champion is siding with the oddsmakers on this
\none.<\/p>\n

Good for the Sport<\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good. Big name for our sport,\u201d Makhachev told UFC on TNT
\nSports. \u201cBut he have tough opponent, Max
\nHolloway<\/a>, against Conor. I think Max can beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGregor (22-6) defeated Holloway (27-9) via a unanimous decision
\nin their first matchup in his sophomore UFC outing in 2013.
\nMcGregor hasn\u2019t fought since breaking his leg in a trilogy loss
\nagainst Dustin
\nPoirier<\/a> in 2021. While \u201cNotorious\u201d has teased a return multiple
\ntimes, it hasn\u2019t come to fruition so far for various reasons.
\nMeanwhile, Holloway has sandwiched a win over Poirier between
\nlosses against Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a> and Charles
\nOliveira<\/a> in his last three outings. <\/p>\n

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\n

Islam
\nMakhachev<\/a> says Conor
\nMcGregor<\/a>‘s return is good for the sport but is picking Max
\nHolloway<\/a> to defeat him \ud83d\udc40#UFC329<\/a>
\n| Stream TNT Sports on HBO Max pic.twitter.com\/RenE6Tz5nO<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt)
\nMay 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Islam Makhachev believes Conor McGregor has a tough matchup for his return.  McGregor is set to return for the first time since 2021 in a rematch against Max Holloway at UFC 329 on July 11 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor is a +300 underdog going into the fight against Holloway, a -450 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}