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DANA WHITE SAYS CONOR MCGREGOR RETURN “NOT EVEN CLOSE”

By David Tees on 3/8/2026 1:12 PM

It has been nearly five years since the last time that former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor competed in a fight of any kind. 

UFC CEO Dana White says talks have begun with McGregor for a return, but they are not even close yet on when McGregor will compete again.  

“No [update] but we are definitely talking to Conor obviously,” White said at the UFC 326 post-fight press conference (transcript via Damon Martin of MMA Fighting). “Not even close [to a timetable for his return]. We have no date for Conor right now. Not even close.” 

McGregor last competed at UFC 264 in July of 2021, suffering a first round TKO loss to former UFC Interim Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier.