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Conor McGregor confirms February fighting return with Dan Hooker at UFC Saudi Arabia

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.

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Conor McGregor confirms February fighting return with Dan Hooker at UFC Saudi Arabia 2

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.