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Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor hasn’t competed since suffering a first round TKO loss due to injury against former UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July of 2021.
It looks like McGregor’s potential Octagon return could be coming in less than six months, as McGregor says he’d like to be back in action by April of 2024.
“I’m happy with April,” McGregor said on the Fury vs. Ngannou red carpet (transcript via Nolan King & Mike Bohn of MMA Junkie). “I would’ve loved it earlier, but if I’m to be honest and be realistic, for my fans, I want to put in a good run, build myself back, and that’s it. It’s looking like April, mixed martial arts.”
McGregor hasn’t won a fight in nearly four years, with his last win coming against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 in January of 2020.
The former two division champion also says he has been kept from making a living for the last three years.
“I’ve been kept from my living for almost three years now,” McGregor said. “Understand that. I came through what I came through. I’m sitting on an injury and a loss. You hear what Alexander Volkanovski said? I relate. I must return to my way of living. This is my job. It’s beyond frustrating. … I just want the date. Give me the date, please. That’s it.”
