Dana White says Conor McGregor "not fighting anytime soon"
UFC boss Dana White has seemed to put the idea of Conor McGregor returning to the competition on ice.
"The Notorious" has been active on social media recently, adding to the rumour mill of a potential return.
He has asked to return to the UFC's drug testing pool, which would make him eligible to compete in the promotion.
This came after he posted training footage online in which fans said he looked slow.
He took to X recently to remonstrate about Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira having a fight arranged for November.
But White, speaking to Adam Glyn, appeared to put off any potential McGregor fight.
He said: 'He's not fighting anytime soon. I haven't talked to him in a minute, but yeah, I don't know.'
Asked about McGregor and his stardom, White said: 'There will never be another Conor McGregor. There will be another superstar that pops up, but there will never be another Conor McGregor.
"Somebody will pop up. They make themselves. A hundred percent.
"We find people who have talent and obviously if you have the personality that all those other people have that we were just talking about, that's incredible, but I'm always just looking for the best fighters in the world and the rest is up to them.'
The Crumlin native was scheduled to fight Michael Chandler last June, but was forced to pull out due to a broken toe he sustained in the build-up to the bout.
His last fight, in 2021, ended with him suffering a broken leg in the first round of action against Dustin Poirier.
In the time since this fight, he has starred in the Amazon movie Road House which released in 2024, netting him $5.5 million, making him the highest-paid first-time actor ever.
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