Former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor appears to have spilled the beans on a return to the Octagon — claiming he will fight with lightweight contender, Dan Hooker at a UFC Saudi Arabia event on February 1. next.
McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight titleholder and featherweight champion, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier back in 2021 in the pair’s trilogy rubber match.
And earlier this year, McGregor, 36, was slated to headline UFC 303 at the end of June during International Fight Week, however, he withdrew from a pairing at the welterweight limit against former title challenger, Michael Chandler, after fracturing a toe on his left foot.