Conor McGregor continues to provide combat followers blended alerts relating to his long-awaited return to the Octagon.
Final month, McGregor was discovered answerable for the rape of Nikita Hand at a Dublin resort in 2018. The UFC star was ordered to pay the sufferer greater than $250,000 in damages plus 1,000,000 {dollars} in authorized charges, however McGregor’s monetary woes didn’t cease there.
Within the ensuing weeks, McGregor was dropped by Correct No. 12 as a spokesman, and retailers all through the UK and Eire stopped promoting any merchandise related to McGregor i.e. his Cast Irish Stout. In consequence, McGregor may reportedly lose $5-10 million per 30 days.
So, after all, it ought to come as no shock that the Irish megastar is as soon as once more teasing a return to the Octagon. Throughout a current trade on X, McGregor claimed to have had a dialog with UFC CEO Dana White about rebooking his beforehand scheduled conflict with former Bellator champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler.
Apparently, McGregor’s back-and-forth with Chandler got here shortly after he posted a gif from the film Braveheart the place Mel Gibson’s character famously yells the road, ‘Freedom.’ Many took that as McGregor as soon as once more expressing his need to be free from the shackles of his UFC contract.
As typical, Dana White performed the entire thing aloof when requested about McGregor doubtlessly combating below the UFC banner once more.
“He hasn’t been fighting here in, I don’t know how long,” White mentioned through the UFC 310 post-fight press convention. “Well, if he does fight, it’ll be sometime next year.”
Is Conor McGregor shifting again to the U.S. following Civil Go well with fallout
With the fallout stemming from his civil go well with, McGregor is reportedly contemplating a transfer again to the US the place he nonetheless has robust assist from followers. In keeping with one supply per the Irish Mirror:
“Conor has been utterly rattled by the devastating fallout on account of shedding the civil case. He’s going to attraction the decision to clear his title. He’s genuinely very upset by all of it and the style wherein he feels he has been betrayed. However the business harm in Britain and Eire has been large with retailers refusing to promote his stout and Correct No 12 whiskey.
“However, the court case has not been as damaging commercially in the United States where most of his fans are standing by him. He wants out of Ireland for the moment and to move back to the States.”
