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Conor McGregor is set for his long-awaited return at UFC 329. | Getty/UFC
Conor McGregor apparently has a timeframe in place for his next two UFC bouts.
McGregor is scheduled to return for the first time since July 2021 when he faces Max Holloway in a welterweight contest at UFC 329 on July 11. In an interview on “The Ariel Helwani Show,” the former two-division champion revealed that he has two fights left on his current deal — and the date for his final bout is also tentatively in place. However, McGregor isn’t necessarily pleased by the potential layoff between those two bookings.
“Right now, I am contracted, and I have both dates,” McGregor said. “I have both dates for my fights. I have July 11 and I have – where would you think they would put me back in? When would you think they would put me back in? April 2027. It’s almost a year later. That’s ridiculous to me. No? This is the way the contract was done. I have my second date in April 2027.”
A Different Type of Deal
McGregor also discussed how he was able to come to terms for his Octagon return. Under his previous contract, the Dublin native received points as part of the UFC’s previous pay-per-view model. With the new media rights agreement with Paramount+, all UFC numbered events are available through a subscription fee on the streaming platform. That made the financial aspect of McGregor’s contract a little different than in the past. With that being said, the “Notorious” appears to have hope for another UFC contract once the current one is fulfilled.
“I’m happy, to an extent,” McGregor said. “There’s a lot more there. I hope it’s with the UFC. I hope we come to something. I hope I get honored even more. I’m going to prove even more so what I’m about.
“We met in the middle. We got a juicy one. Was it what my worth is? Probably not. Was it what they wanted to offer? Definitely not. Definitely not. We met in the middle. I’m a fair operator. I love the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and I’d love to continue. Let’s see how it goes.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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