Dana White provides updated timeframe for Conor McGregor's return to the UFC
UFC CEO Dana White offered up an update on Conor McGregor's return fight.
Dana White provides updated timeframe for Conor McGregor's return to the UFC originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The return of Conor McGregor to the UFC appears to be nearly finalized.
According to UFC CEO Dana White, all sides involved in negotations are nearing a completion of the paperwork, clearing the former UFC champion to make his long-awaited and much-anticipated return to the Octagon this summer. "We're in a good place," White told Jim Rome (thanks to MMA Fighting for the quotes). "We're in a great place with Conor.
I'm extremely confident that Conor will fight this year. I'm extremely confident that we'll get him dialed in and ready to roll. He's training, there's footage out there of him in training right now.
"We haven't announced anything yet. He'll fight this summer. Let me just start there.