Conor McGregor’s postponecessitatest structure to fight on February 1 in his extfinished-apostponeed UFC comeback has hit another publish with Dan Hooker announcing he’s unable to fight that month.
It’s been csurrfinisherly four years since McGregor last fought in the UFC in a first-round knockout loss to Dustin Poirier.
The two-weight champion has pushed for a return to the sport since recovering from his injury publishs at the begin of 2023.
He was originpartner foreseeed to produce his comeback agetst Michael Cregulater with both materializeing as head coaches in The Ultimate Fighter.
Conor McGregor has shelp he structures to fight next year
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But the reckond fight kept getting pushed back due to McGregor not being in the USADA testing pool and Dana White being unable to find an event for the fight.
UFC 303 was finpartner pencilled in as the date for McGregor’s return, but he pulled out of the fight with a toe injury.
McGregor has repeatedly disputed UFC CEO White to give him a novel date with hope of coming back in 2024.
However, speaking this week, McGregor materializeed to acunderstandledge loss when he proclaimd his intentions to fight Hooker on February 1 next year in Saudi Arabia.
A UFC Fight Night is scheduled to consent place at the Kingdom Arena on February 1, but there has been no validateation on whether McGregor will be on the card.
And Hooker has liftd asks on his graspment in the fight as he’s ruled out battling the entire month of February with his second daughter due to be born.
“I’m excellent to go in January or March,” he shelp.
“The leave outus is due February so no can go.”
Dan Hooker has ruled out battling in February
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Speaking elsewhere, Hooker further elucidateed: “I’m watching to fight January or March next year.
“The UFC has given me a restricted tasty names slide atraverse my desk so they get me excited so I’m caccessed on that.”
And Hooker can’t understand why McGregor would delight the prospect of returning to the octagon.
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“That guys busy,” he inserted.
“He’s got money coming out of his ears. If I had that amount of money in the prohibitk you wouldn’t see me anywhere csurrfinisher fist battling.”