{"id":336823,"date":"2026-05-18T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=336823"},"modified":"2026-05-18T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T14:43:31","slug":"ufc-news-francis-ngannou-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-return-i-dont-care-bro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/ufc-news-francis-ngannou-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-return-i-dont-care-bro\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC news: Francis Ngannou reacts to Conor McGregor&#8217;s return : &#8216;I don\u2019t care, bro&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-3807271\">\n<p>After years of waiting, the Irish loudmouth MMA fighter Conor McGregor is all set to make his UFC return. McGregor is about to fight Max Holloway on the upcoming UFC 329 on Jul. 11, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s return was announced similtaneously former UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou was making his entrance for his fight against Philipe Lins on Jake Paul&#8217;s Most Worthwhile Promotions. Following his win there, Ngannou <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/2055882381215539686?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was later asked about his thoughts<\/a> on McGregor&#8217;s return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd what the f*** do I even have to do with that? So I should stop my walkout and take a look at what\u2019s occurring with [Dana White]? I don\u2019t care, bro,\u201d Ngannou said. \u201cLet\u2019s move on. Life goes on, I\u2019m doing my stuff here, I\u2019m doing well, I even have no problem. Everybody can do whatever they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou didn&#8217;t share a positive experience with UFC and Dana White during his final run there, and as many might imagine on social media, White announced McGregor&#8217;s return similtaneously Ngannou&#8217;s entrance as an intentional move. Nonetheless, as a substitute, it did more good than harm since the Heavyweight&#8217;s name began trending concurrently as McGregor on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Francis Ngannou just reacted to Dana White announcing Conor McGregor\u2019s fight:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the f*ck do I even have to do with that? I should stop my walkout? I don\u2019t care bro.\u201d \ud83d\udc80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/loFlvWVEFO\">https:\/\/t.co\/loFlvWVEFO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UKhd8PIMZT\">pic.twitter.com\/UKhd8PIMZT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Comfortable Punch (@HappyPunch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/2055882381215539686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Former UFC star Francis Ngannou was confident entering his match against Philipe Lins<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2748491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2748491\" style=\"width:1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2748491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Talking to ClutchPoints recently ahead of his MVP fight, Ngannou expressed his confidence ahead of his match against Philipe Lins. While he proved his confidence and won the fight, he had certain big words to say before the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200aI feel I even have more advantage than what you think that or what he might think because numerous people, not numerous people, some people, they&#8217;re on the today, they undermine my determination and my motivation, they think I just go sit home and be comfortable. They, \u2018I&#8217;m like, oh, you ought to be on vacation. Oh, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.\u2019 I&#8217;m like, these people, they do not understand [anything.] After which I feel if anyone is sleeping into that, then he&#8217;s gonna discover. It&#8217;s gonna be a giant surprise for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After years of waiting, the Irish loudmouth MMA fighter Conor McGregor is all set to make his UFC return.  McGregor is about to fight Max Holloway on the upcoming UFC 329 on Jul.  11, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena.  McGregor&#8217;s return was announced similtaneously former UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou was making his entrance for his fight against Philipe Lins on Jake Paul&#8217;s Most Worthwhile Promotions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of waiting, the Irish loudmouth MMA fighter Conor McGregor is all set to make his UFC return. McGregor is about to fight Max Holloway on the upcoming UFC 329 on Jul. 11, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena. McGregor&#8217;s return was announced similtaneously former UFC Heavyweight Francis Ngannou was making his entrance for his fight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21048],"tags":[2225,538,5738,604,1942,8819,395,7318,1185,1161,3928],"class_list":["post-336823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma","tag-bro","tag-care","tag-conor","tag-dont","tag-francis","tag-mcgregors","tag-news","tag-ngannou","tag-reacts","tag-return","tag-ufc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336826,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336823\/revisions\/336826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}