CONOR MCGREGOR will meet UFC president Dana White at Las Vegas to discuss his return back to the octagon.
Although the promotion's poster boy was on the sidelines after breaking his leg in July, he is now in the final stages.
Conor McGregor broke his leg in July
The Notorious will meet with White, a MMA mogul, in the coming weeks to talk about a timetable for his return.
White said that McGregor's recent callout of Kamaru Usman as welterweight champion was interesting to her.
"He's coming to Vegas, we're getting together, and we're going to talk. We'll be watching what happens next.
"Any Conor fight makes good money."
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McGregor, 33 years old, broke his left fibula and tibia in round one of his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier.
White doesn't see the Irishman making his eagerly-awaited return to the cage this summer.
SunSport spoke with him this week: "We're looking into early fall, if all goes well."
McGregor must receive clearance from his doctors to continue full-contact mixed-martial arts training.
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The UFC's first champion in simultaneous two-divisions has gained a lot of muscle over his hiatus. He's now eyeing a return at welterweight.
According to him, The MacLife is about finding the right weight. I don't see myself returning to 155.
"I eat, I lift, I train, and I don't cut calories, so this is my natural state. I can go even bigger.
"I think I'm looking at 170. I don't like to go above 170 so I prefer 170. I have always enjoyed a full camp at 170 when I was properly prepared.
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"The Nate Diaz 2 rematch, and the "Cowboy" [Donald Cerrone] bout in particular. They were both flawless performances, I thought.
"They were some of my best performances in the UFC Octagon and they weren't calorie deficient at all."
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