Conor McGregor continues to present combat followers combined indicators relating to his long-awaited return to the Octagon.
Final month, McGregor was discovered chargeable for the rape of Nikita Hand at a Dublin lodge in 2018. The UFC star was ordered to pay the sufferer greater than $250,000 in damages plus one million {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. Consequently, McGregor might reportedly lose $5-10 million per thirty 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 alternate 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 traditional, Dana White performed the entire thing aloof when requested about McGregor doubtlessly combating below the UFC banner once more.
“He hasn’t been combating right here in, I don’t know the way lengthy,” White mentioned through the UFC 310 post-fight press convention. “Properly, if he does combat, it’ll be someday subsequent yr.”
Is Conor McGregor transferring again to the U.S. following Civil Go well with fallout
With the fallout stemming from his civil swimsuit, McGregor is reportedly contemplating a transfer again to america the place he nonetheless has robust assist from followers. In line with one supply per the Irish Mirror:
“Conor has been fully rattled by the devastating fallout on account of shedding the civil case. He’s going to attraction the decision to clear his identify. He’s genuinely very upset by all of it and the way by which he feels he has been betrayed. However the industrial harm in Britain and Eire has been huge with retailers refusing to promote his stout and Correct No 12 whiskey.
“Nonetheless, the court docket case has not been as damaging commercially in america the place most of his followers are standing by him. He desires out of Eire for the second and to maneuver again to the States.”
