Jorge Masvidal doesn't think Conor McGregor will fight again

Former two-division UFC titleholder Conor McGregor has not fought since July 2021 when he suffered a broken leg in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.  He was scheduled to face Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June but pulled out of the fight due to a toe injury.  

McGregor’s return was then expected to be in December and then pushed back to 2025.  There’s a growing number of people that do not think McGregor will fight in the UFC again.  The original ‘BMF’ titleholder Jorge Masvidal is one of them.  

“We’ll see him at a bar and shit,” Masvidal told MMAFigting when asked about McGregor returning. “Are you talking about in the cage? Like as an official or to be judges? You mean fighting? I don’t think so. I hope he proves me wrong but I don’t think so.”

Masvidal, who has been pushing to return to the octagon himself, doesn’t believe McGregor would ever fight him even if he returns to competition.  

“Conor, under no circumstances, is fighting me,” Masvidal said. “He’s backed out of fighting Chandler — poor little Chandler, I don’t know how many times he let that dude eat dust. Imagine me?

“That guy is never fighting me. He can’t do enough cocaine to f**king get up to fight me.”

Masvidal announced his retirement following his UFC 287 loss to Gilbert Burns in April 2023.  In July, Masvidal took on Nate Diaz inside the boxing ring in a rematch of the inaugural ‘BMF’ fight.  He lost via majority decision.