Conor McGregor has made a huge UFC comeback announcement. The Irishman has not taken to the ring since July 2021 when he suffered a broken leg at the end of the first round against Dustin Poirier.
It has now been confirmed that McGregor will fight in UFC for the first time in five years this summer. McGregor will headline UFC 329 in Las Vegas on July 11, three days before his 38th birthday. He will take on American Max Holloway, UFC chief executive Dana White announced.
It will be a rematch 13 years after they first met, when McGregor won a unanimous decision victory in Boston in 2013. The former featherweight and lightweight champion was scheduled to return against Michael Chandler in 2024, but the fight was cancelled when McGregor sustained a broken toe.
Last October, McGregor accepted an 18-month doping ban, backdated to September 2024, for three failures of the whereabouts system. He is now eligible to compete again. Last year, he lost his appeal against a civil jury’s finding in favour of Dublin woman Nikita Hand, who accused him of rape.
British star Paddy Pimblett is also on the card for UFC 329, taking on Benoît Saint Denis in the lightweight division.
