After the scrap with one-time Bellator star Chandler was called off, it seemed as though McGregor would never make a return to the Octagon as he was occupied by his other business interests outside of the UFC, and a recent lengthy legal case in his native Ireland.

Irish MMA star Conor McGregor is preparing to return to the UFC after a long hiatus stemming from physical fatigue and a loss of motivation, Azernews reports.

MMA fighter Conor McGregor on Thursday lost his legal appeal against a civil court’s finding that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Dublin hotel.