UFC star Conor McGregor returning to the cage for first time in 5 years in July - BERITAJA

MMA superstar Conor McGregor will return to the octagon for the first clip since 2021 to look Max Holloway connected July 11 successful Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White announced Saturday.

McGregor has not fought since a TKO nonaccomplishment to Dustin Poirier successful 2021. McGregor suffered a surgery limb successful that fight, requiring surgery.

He was later scheduled to look Michael Chandler astatine UFC 303 successful July 2024 but pulled retired little than 3 weeks from the matchup with a toed injury.

McGregor, 37, is considered the biggest tie successful the sport’s history. The apical 4 pay-per-views ever included the Irish fighter, including 2.4 cardinal buys for his bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov and 1.8 cardinal against Poirier successful his past fight.

McGregor’s 2017 boxing lucifer against Floyd Mayweather Jr. — a 10th-round knockout nonaccomplishment — generated 4.3 cardinal PPV buys and much than $600 cardinal successful full revenue, according to Showtime.

The erstwhile UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, known for his brash characteristic and trash talking of opponents, was the first combatant to clasp titles successful 2 divisions simultaneously. He boasts wins complete the likes of José Aldo, Nate Diaz and Donald Cerrone but has dropped 3 of his past 4 bouts — 1 to Nurmagomedov and 2 consecutive to Poirier.

McGregor (22-6) defeated Holloway (26-9) via unanimous determination successful 2013. Holloway, 34, is 1 of the champion fighters of his procreation but is coming disconnected a unanimous determination nonaccomplishment to Charles Oliveira successful March.

Outside of the cage, McGregor has faced had ineligible problems. In 2019, he was caught connected camera punching an older man successful a barroom and later pleaded blameworthy to assault, for which he paid a fine. He besides knocked retired the Miami Heat mascot during a promotional stunt astatine an NBA game. In 2024, a civilian tribunal assemblage successful Ireland recovered McGregor sexually assaulted a woman six years earlier; the female was awarded 250,000 Euros, aliases $257,000.