UFC star McGregor desires to combat at White Home as Eire's president

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UFC star Conor McGregor hasn't fought since July of 2021, however he could have his eyes set on a marquee occasion subsequent 12 months.

After President Donald Trump announced Thursday {that a} UFC combat would happen on White Home grounds subsequent 12 months, McGregor reacted to the information with a seeming eagerness to take part, on social media.

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FILE - Conor McGregor prepares to combat Dustin Poirier in a UFC 264 light-weight combined martial arts bout, July 10, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Picture/John Locher, File)

"Glad 4th of July, USA. Excited with President Trump asserting a UFC combat occasion on the White Home. I'd be honoured! Depend me in!" McGregor wrote on X.

McGregor later re-shared his submit with a photograph of him and Trump within the Oval Workplace.

In March, McGregor mentioned he will probably be operating for president of his house nation of Eire as effectively.

On Friday, the fighter adopted up on his submit expressing curiosity with a daring prediction about taking part in subsequent 12 months's White Home combat because the sitting president of the nation.

"July 4th subsequent 12 months is a Saturday, concerning President Trumps UFC White Home occasion. I will probably be reigning President of Eire just below 1 12 months once I step out on the lawns of the White Home to throw down. Epic proportions! Or as I wish to name it, Tuesday on the workplace. Vote McGregor," he wrote on X.

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White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens as UFC fighter Conor McGregor speaks with reporters within the briefing room of the White Home, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)

In March, McGregor visited the White House and criticized the Irish authorities in an try to boost consciousness of "the problems the folks of Eire face."

"Our authorities has lengthy since deserted the voices of the folks of Eire, and it is excessive time that America is made conscious of what is going on on in Eire. What's going on in Eire is a travesty. Our authorities is a authorities of zero motion and nil accountability," he mentioned throughout an look alongside White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt on March 20.

By way of his preventing profession, McGregor has lengthy touted his return to the octagon after his first try final June got here to an unlucky finish on account of a coaching damage.

In April, McGregor mentioned he would solely return to preventing for an occasion that might happen in a big stadium.

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White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens as UFC fighter Conor McGregor speaks with reporters within the briefing room of the White Home, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)

"I’ll solely come again to a stadium," he wrote in a submit on X after WrestleMania 41, which was held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

McGregor, 36, final fought in 2021, when he misplaced to Dustin Poirier after breaking his leg through the combat. He was slated to combat Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, however the combat was known as off after he broke his toe throughout coaching.

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Jackson Thompson is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital. He beforehand labored for ESPN and Enterprise Insider. Jackson has coated the Tremendous Bowl and NBA Finals, and has interviewed iconic figures Usain Bolt, Rob Gronkowski, Jerry Rice, Troy Aikman, Mike Trout, David Ortiz and Roger Clemens.