Conor McGregor to have Las Vegas meeting with Dana White as UFC boss tips Notorious to return in ‘early fall’
CONOR MCGREGOR is set to meet UFC president Dana White in Las Vegas to discuss his return to the octagon.
The promotion’s poster boy has been on the sidelines since breaking his leg last July but is in the final stages of his recovery.
And The Notorious is set to rendevous with MMA mogul White in the coming weeks to discuss a timeline for his return.
When asked about McGregor’s recent call-out of welterweight champ Kamaru Usman, White told The MacLife: “Yeah, it’s interesting, I hadn’t heard that.
“He’s coming into Vegas, we’re getting together and we’re gonna talk. We’ll see what’s next.
“Any Conor fight is good money-wise.”
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McGregor, 33, shattered his left tibia and fibula in the first round of his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier.
The Irishman is hoping to make his eagerly-anticipated return to the cage in the summer, although White doesn’t foresee that happening.
He told SunSport this week: “We’re looking at early fall, if everything goes right.”
The autumn timeline is contingent on McGregor’s doctors giving him the all-clear to return to resume full-contact mixed martial arts training.
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White added: “If his leg heals right and he gets the clearance to really start training, then possibly early fall.”
The UFC’s first simultaneous two-division champion has packed on a serious amount of muscle during his octagon hiatus, so much so he’s eyeing a return to the welterweight division.
He told The MacLife: “It’s about finding out which weight now. I just don’t really see myself going back to 155 again.
“I’m eating, I’m lifting, I’m training and I’m not cutting calories so this is my natural state. I can go even bigger.
“I’m eyeballing 170, I think. I don’t want to go too much above 170, so I like 170, I’ve always had a great time when I’ve had a full camp at 170 with correct preparation.
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“The [Nate] Diaz 2 rematch and the ‘Cowboy’ [Donald Cerrone] fight in particular. I thought they were flawless performances.
“They were probably some of my best performances inside the UFC octagon and they were without any calorie deficiency whatsoever.”