Conor McGregor is back. Or he will be in May, anyway.
That doesn’t mean he’ll be in the Octagon right away. But in a live social media video this morning, UFC president Dana White confirmed that McGregor will coach one team on The Ultimate Fighter 31. The other coach? Former Bellator champ and UFC title contender Michael Chandler.
The show will run from May 30th to August 15th on ESPN and ESPN+, and then the two men will fight on PPV later in the year, according to Dana.
McGregor (22-6, 10-4 UFC), a former two-division UFC champion, hasn’t competed since a doctor stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021 where he suffered a bad leg injury.