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Conor McGregor may never actually return to the UFC.
But the former two-division champ swears that he intends to fight again.
And if he does, he has two big-name stars in mind for his potential opponent (neither of whom are Michael Chandler).
In a recent interview with TalkSport, McGregor said that he hopes to return for International Fight Week on June 29 or at The Sphere in September.
“I would love [to fight on June 29],” McGregor said. “If they give me that, then we can go ahead and straight away for sure. I did call for that also [at The Sphere in September], that would be great for me. June 29, and then The Sphere, and then what? What happens then, I don’t know.
“I wonder do they know. There’s been no talk about anything. So I wonder what next.”
As for his potential opponent, McGregor focused on a pair of familiar foes: Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz.
“It’s good to see [Dustin] Poirier get that win [at UFC 299],” he said. “That makes this the quadrilogy, we’ll say the real trilogy, the finish of it, to put an end to it, to put a finish to it. That is a huge bout right now. I anticipate the result will go that way, and I was happy to see it. That’s a big one for sure.
“Obviously, I’ve got the Diaz trilogy. That’s what I had said for The Sphere. There was cold water put on that publicly off the bat, and I wasn’t happy with that. I need discussion, a conversation, because if I lose interest, I’m not getting anything back, and I just drift off. I hope I can get something in and get dialed in.”
Although he didn’t entirely ignore Chandler’s existence.
“Chandler, of course, I assume that will be the first one,” McGregor said. “I would assume that would be the first one.
The opponent doesn’t matter. I just wish for a nice run-up, a bit of transparency and let me go for it again.”
Will McGregor fight again? Nobody knows!
But he clearly has a vision in his head of how he’d like it to play out.