McGregor returns to UFC 329 face Holloway after five years

Conor McGregor is set to return to the UFC for the first time in five years this Saturday, July 11, 2026, headlining UFC 329 in a welterweight rematch against Max Holloway at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The 37-year-old Irish fighter has not competed since suffering a broken leg in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier in July 2021.

His comeback follows a period marked by injury setbacks and legal issues. A planned return against Michael Chandler in 2024 was canceled due to a broken toe. Outside the octagon, McGregor faced a series of allegations. In November 2024, a civil jury found he had raped a woman in a Dublin hotel in 2018, ordering him to pay damages; McGregor has denied all allegations and his appeal failed in July 2025. Separately, a 2023 sexual assault allegation stemming from an incident at a Miami Heat game did not result in criminal charges, and a related civil lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed in late 2025. Additionally, McGregor served an 18-month suspension, backdated to September 2024, for three drug-test whereabouts failures, which cleared him to fight again in March 2026.

Despite the long layoff, anticipation for the fight remains high, though some fan...