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CONOR MCGREGOR has broken his silence following the announcement of his long-awaited comeback fight.
The Return of the Mac was made official by Dana White in the UFC 300 post-fight press conference last weekend.
Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the octagon on June 29GETTY
The Notorious will throw down with Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 303GETTY
McGregor declared it ‘yacht season’ after his comeback was announced by Dana WhiteiNSTAGRAM@THENOTORIOUSMMAMcGregor will make his grand return on June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 in Las Vegas against Michael Chandler.
And just hours after the official announcement of the bout, The Notorious took to social media to break his silence.
Along with a clip of his altercation with Chandler on season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter, he wrote on Instagram: “Get the jet fired up it’s almost yacht season.”
Fan favourite McGregor, 35, hasn’t set foot inside the octagon since breaking his leg nearly three years ago.
The Irishman shattered his left tibia and fibula in the closing moments of the first round of his Sin City showdown with Dustin Poirier.
McGregor’s comeback clash with Chandler was expected to take place late last year but ultimately didn’t come to fruition.
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UFC President and CEO White said of the delay: “It’s all about timing.
“Chandler’s has been ready. We talked about this at one of the press conferences recently.
“He had a lot of obligations that he had to deal with.
“What you don’t want him doing is accepting the fight when he has a ton of obligations and he can’t train 100% for the fight.”
McGregor has vowed to deliver the “greatest comeback of all time” in his Sin City showdown with Chandler.
And White believes it’ll be an almighty achievement for the Irishman if he has his hand raised after his injury-enforced lay-off.
The 54-year-old said: “I think when you look at that injury, it’s happened in the UFC [before].
“We just saw Chris Weidman come back, Anderson [Silva] came back; you’ve seen it in football.
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With more sides to his personality than an Octagon, Conor McGregor's rise has been an enthralling watch.
Going from UFC icon to entrepreneur and Hollywood star, the Irishman has transcended the sport he helped bring to the masses.
He has four children with fiancee Dee Devlin and the family enjoy a lavish lifestyle.
McGregor has not fought in UFC since breaking his leg in a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in 2021.
That has not stopped him amassing a net worth of over £150m thanks to his Proper No Twelve whiskey and fashion line.
And he is due to return to the Octagon at UFC 303 in an eagerly-awaited headline clash with Michael Chandler.
McGregor also starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the Amazon Prime remake of classic movie Road House, although he is dreading his mum seeing one X-rated scene.
Notorious turned up to the premiere in a £60,000 suit that was outdone by his £460k watch.
The only thing sharper than his fashion sense is his tongue and the Dubliner has several bitter spats under his belt, including with UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov.
That row led to one of his biggest controversies in 2018 as he travelled 3,000 miles to confront Khabib in a vicious attack on his bus.
He pleaded guilty to assault after punching a man in a pub in 2018 and had his £150k Bentley seized by police for driving offences four years later.
Joe Rogan lashed out at McGregor in a four-letter outburst and the Irishman has also fired shots at Jake Paul, KSI and Tommy Fury.
Boxing great Floyd Mayweather also has McGregor on his enemy list after the pair clashed in a cross-sport bout in 2017.
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“It’s probably one of the nastiest injuries you could possibly get.
“You see guys with broken arms all the time and stuff like that happens.
“It’s hard for us humans to wrap our brain around that bone breaking.
“It’s a nasty injury and it’s a rough recovery. And it’s a rough recovery too.
“Who is the [American] Football guy who did it too? Whatever his f***ing name is.
“Anyway, if you saw the piece they did on him trying to recover from that injury, it’s pretty nasty.”
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