{"id":336135,"date":"2026-05-17T11:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336135"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:26:40","slug":"conor-mcgregor-will-fight-max-holloway-within-the-major-event-of-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/conor-mcgregor-will-fight-max-holloway-within-the-major-event-of-ufc-329\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor will fight Max Holloway within the major event of UFC 329"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is about to return to the Octagon on July 11, 2026, when he headlines UFC 329 against former featherweight titleholder Max Holloway at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena during International Fight Week. After weeks of speculation, Dana White officially confirmed the fight<\/a> via Instagram during Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 276 event on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

The welterweight bout at 170 kilos can be McGregor’s first fight since July 2021 and serves as a rematch of their 2013 meeting, which McGregor won by unanimous decision in Boston.<\/p>\n

McGregor, 37, enters the competition with a 22-6 skilled MMA record. His last appearance led to a first-round doctor stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier after suffering a broken lower tibia of their trilogy fight. The defeat was his second consecutive loss to Poirier, and McGregor has won just once in his past 4 UFC appearances. Since then, the previous lightweight and featherweight champion remained one in all the game’s most recognizable figures through projects outside competition, including acting within the remake of \u201cRoad House,\u201d becoming a part-owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, and training opposite Michael Chandler on season 31 of \u201cThe Ultimate Fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGregor was initially expected to face Chandler at UFC 303 in June 2024, but withdrew two weeks before the event after breaking his toe.<\/p>\n

Although McGregor has not fought in five years, he has remained a continuing figure within the news cycle for a series of incidents away from MMA. In 2024, he was found liable in a civil case involving a 2018 sexual assault allegation. One other civil suit tied to an alleged Miami incident from 2023 was later withdrawn. That very same 12 months, allegations also surfaced accusing him of assaulting a girl aboard his yacht in Ibiza.<\/p>\n

Early in 2025, McGregor faced backlash for using racial slurs in social media posts aimed toward former rival Khabib Nurmagomedov, and this past summer, footage emerged showing him punching a person twice inside a nightclub in Ibiza. Beyond those incidents, he also served an 18-month suspension under UFC anti-doping rules. For the reason that suspension was retroactive to Sept. 20, 2024, he became eligible to return to motion on March 20.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Holloway, 34, brings a 27-9 record into UFC 329. After losing to McGregor in 2013, Holloway built a 13-fight winning streak that included back-to-back victories over Jose Aldo to capture and defend the UFC featherweight championship. He later went of on to defeat among the sport’s biggest names, including Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Anthony Pettis, Frankie Edgar, and Aldo. His dramatic last-second knockout of Gaethje at UFC 300 is taken into account some of the iconic finishes ever seen within the Octagon.<\/p>\n

Holloway is coming off a choice loss to Charles Oliveira in a \u201cBMF\u201d title bout at UFC 326. Despite that setback, he stays considered one in all the UFC’s top fighters across multiple divisions and now gets a chance to avenge a loss suffered early in his UFC profession.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor is about to return to the Octagon on July 11, 2026, when he headlines UFC 329 against former featherweight titleholder Max Holloway at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena during International Fight Week. After weeks of speculation, Dana White officially confirmed the fight via Instagram during Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 276 event on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

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