Dana White announces Conor McGregor wont fight in 2024; McGregor responds [Video]

UFC CEO Dana White says Conor McGregor will not be back this year.

After suffering a catastrophic leg injury at UFC 264, McGregor was supposed to make his long-awaited return to the octagon earlier this year at UFC 303 against Michael Chandler. The two served opposite each other as coaches on The Ultimate Fighter and the matchup figured to be the one of the biggest events of the year. But a few weeks out of the event, McGregor suffered a toe injury that led him to withdraw from the bout, and now, it looks like “The Notorious” won’t be returning to the octagon until 2025.

At his Contender Series media scrum on Tuesday, Dana White told reporters that he’s been in contact with McGregor, and that while the former two-division champion is still set on returning, it won’t happen this year.

“We talked. We talked,” White said. “We didn’t meet up but we …