Don’t expect former UFC champion Conor McGregor to return to the octagon anytime soon. According to UFC’s president Dana White, McGregor will not fight in 2020.
McGregor announced his retirement from UFC earlier this year but was linked with several high-profile fights regardless. And although it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Irish fighter un-retire, as he did several times before, White “guarantees” that won’t happen this year.
“This year, he is retired,” said White during his appearance on My Mom’s Basement podcast. “He doesn’t have a fight this year, and he won’t have a fight this year. Conor McGregor will not fight in 2020.”
“I guarantee he will not fight in 2020,” he added.
Despite being the face of the sport at one point, Conor McGregor only had two fights since winning the UFC Lightweight Championship against Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in late 2016.
Almost two years after winning the belt, McGregor faced Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 and lost the fight via submission. The 32-year-old champion then faced Donald Cerrone in January this year at UFC 246 and won the fight by technical knockout.
After the Cerrone fight, McGregor proclaimed that he wants to fight at least two more times in 2020. Still, break due to coronavirus pandemic caused him to change his mind, and he announced in early June that he’s walking away from MMA.
