Conor McGregor mocked by UFC legend after releasing training footage ahead of UFC comeback

Conor McGregor has been mocked for his ‘slow’ training footage ahead of a planned UFC comeback.

Despite the fact that he has been inactive for the last four years, McGregor has set his sights on being a part of the UFC event at The White House.

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Although he did have an official comeback planned for last year, against Michael Chandler, McGregor pulled out due to a broken toe.

With two fights left on his current UFC contract, it makes sense that McGregor is eyeing up a spot on the White House Card.

US President, Donald Trump, announced that he wanted to host a historic event as part of the celebrations for 250 years of American Independence.

Trump’s plans led to McGregor taking the first step on the way to returning to the Octagon, re-entering the drug testing pool.

The Irishman has since uploaded an Instagram story of him training, although the video was met with a lot of comments doubting his ability years on from his last outing.

One of the more notable reactions was that of Cris Cyborg, a former UFC champion, who took to X to respond to McGregor’s clip with not one, but seven, laughing emojis.

While McGregor’s MMA record stands at 22-6, he has been out of action since his back-to-back losses to Dustin Poirier in 2021.

McGregor has been linked with a huge amount of comeback options including Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria.

But he has yet to finalise his concrete plans, although he wants in on the historic night planned for next year.

What do we know so far about the UFC White House card?

We do know that McGregor is not the only fighter gearing up to earn a spot on the card.

Jon Jones has also revealed he is willing to reverse his retirement decision in order to feature on the card.

Jones jumped at re-joining the testing pool, despite having only just retired in June.

Although, Dana White didn’t seem too keen on letting Jones partake.

Only time will tell who White will select to make up the card, but one thing that’s for sure is it will be an iconic event in UFC history.

White’s excited reaction to the event does suggest it to be the perfect opportunity to catapult MMA further into the mainstream media, should the card be crafted suitably.

As it stands, none of the formal details have been announced.