Conor McGregor has plagued a return to the Octagon, where fans go back to his incredible Prime as UFC champion.
The former UFC champion recently re-introduced the drug test pool for athletes, with the Conor McGregor plan that would compete at the UFC White House event on July 4, 2026.
His return seems to be, with fans enthusiastic about seeing McGregor for the first time in action since his devastating leg fracture against Dustin Poirier on UFC 264.
Here are five of McGregor's most exciting battles that every MMA fan has to watch before McGregor's rumors return.
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5. Conor McGregor ended his UFC debut in 67 seconds in 2013
It was not long before McGregor introduced himself to the UFC, because he ended his debut in just over a minute with a devastating knockout victory.
The Irishman had already made a name for himself on the Irish MMA circuit and won titles on two weight classes with Cage Warriors before he signed with American promotion.
He took on the five -part four -centimeter -long Marcus Brimage in 2013 and quickly worked on the ultimate fighting service.
He bleed brimage with a vicious uppercut before struck his head in the cage with his fists, forcing the referee to end the fight after just 67 seconds.
4. Nate Diaz shocked Conor McGregor with a short-notice victory on “Notorious”
Although it is not a victory for McGregor, MMA fans must see his very first defeat by Nate Diaz to see another side of “notorious”.
McGregor lost this fight through the coded choke, but the execution showed a side of the Irishman who was willing to take risks and be vulnerable in the Octagon.
The loss was a huge shock, because Diaz had taken the fight only in the short term after jumping a weight class.
He succeeded in choking McGregor in the second to win the non-title fight, so that the first defeat of the Irish's career was impressively.
3. The rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz was even more impressive
Only a few months after the first fight McGregor threw his loss of Diaz in an impressive way in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
McGregor defended better in this fight and did not let Diaz come in behind him like the first fight. Diaz turned it into a battle of clinches, although he was still bloody and battered by the fists of McGregor in all five rounds.
It was a close and exciting fight that was up to the jury members to decide the winner. McGregor won through majority decision in one of his most spectacular fights.
McGregor not only confirmed this fight as a top hunter, but also earned the UFC its biggest buyate ever, with 2.4 million purchases for the long -awaited Rematch.
2. Conor McGregor became a double champion by beating Eddie Alvarez on UFC 205
McGregor wrote history at UFC 205 and did something that had never been done in the history of the UFC.
In an impressively patient finish, McGregor waited for Eddie Alvarez to make his move in the second round.
The reigning UFC-Fedweight champion hit a brutal combination of three punch to clean up Alvarez to add the lightweight belt to its collection.
In addition, 'Notorious' became the first man to hold two titles on different weights, an achievement that many people found impossible.
The double champion followed it with a legendary press conference, in which McGregor neverly apologized for “Absolutely nobody” in one of the biggest interviews after the fight in UFC history.
1. Jose Aldo's decade -long undefeated line ended in the Octagon with Conor McGregor after just 13 seconds
One of the biggest finishes in the UFC history took place when McGregor against a UFC champion fluid that had spent undefeated in the last decade and looked as if he would never be beaten.
However, that did not matter for McGregor. The arrogant Irishman strolled in the Octagon to take the fight to Jose Aldo while challenging him for the UFC -Fedweight title.
McGregor had won all his fights since his UFC debut and ensured that it would be no different.
As soon as the bell rang, he was busy with the Brazilian, so that he dropped a modest right hand, beat Aldo and took the title for himself.