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Conor McGregor Drops New Training Clip Ahead of July UFC Return

The MMA world cannot keep calm, as the most 'Notorious' one is set to return inside the cage on July 11 at UFC 329. Conor McGregor is set to lock horns against Max Holloway, and the announcement for this dropped moments after Saturday night's MVP event, where Gina Carano and Ronda Rousey headlined.

The Irish star dropped a fresh training clip this weekend, which showed him unloading vicious shots on a power shot hook bag. After years of false hopes, things are now confirmed, and fans are more excited than ever!

McGregor was seen training alongside longtime coach John Kavanagh at SBG in Ireland, "Camp 100%, this is. We are going in 100%," he said. "I am going into this fight 100% Conor McGregor. Not 92%. 100%." On the power of his punches, he added, "I'm throwing rockets, these are missiles," said McGregor, according to ESPN

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In October 2025, he accepted an 18-month ban for “whereabouts ⁠failures” after he missed three attempts by Combat Sports Anti-Doping ⁠to collect biological samples from him in 2024. The ban was back-dated and expired in March.

The wait is finally over. With McGregor's return, the Octagon will never be the same again

From Boston 2013 to Las Vegas 2026 —Conor McGregor and Max Holloway's Unfinished Business

Max Holloway and Conor McGregor met before inside the cage in August 2013, in a featherweight bout, where McGregor, despite suffering a torn ACL, won via unanimous decision.

This time, the fighters are clashing in a welterweight bout. Holloway has been the featherweight champion and, in 2025, made a permanent move to lightweight, most recently dropping a five-round decision to Charles Oliveira in March.

Coming off a loss, Holloway has a different motivation walking inside the cage: "I am training right now because it is all I want. It is all I want in my career," Holloway told Daniel Cormier, according to Al Jazeera. "Not only because I know it will bring eyes to me — but because I know I've gotta get that back."

McGregor took a break from the fight game, but the fight game didn't take a break from him. McGregor has not fought since he broke his leg during a fight with Dustin Poirier in 2021. But he has been closely associated with the lifestyle as he is one of the founders of BKFC, a very popular bare-knuckle promotion.

UFC 329 during International Fight Week now represents his clearest runway back — and based on that training clip, he's not treating it like a comeback tour

Will McGregor be able to start where he left off? Let us know in the comments.

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Proma Chatterjee