Daniel Cormier isn’t sure Conor McGregor can extend his possible return past the UFC’s White House event.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) has been plotting his comeback ever since healing from his broken leg in July 2021. His return almost came to fruition when he was booked against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June 2024, but he withdrew due to a broken pinky toe suffered in training a month before the fight.
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McGregor hasn’t been scheduled to fight since then but is keen to get on the White House card next June. Chael Sonnen doubts that happens.
“I do not believe that Conor makes it to the White House,” Sonnen said on his “Good Guy/Bad Guy” show with Daniel Cormier. “Let’s just live with that theory, though: Will Conor be able to manipulate the media even after he doesn’t make it? He has pretended that he’s coming back for five years. If the White House comes and goes, can he pretend, ‘Oh, I didn’t come there, but you’ll see me in November, you’ll see me next January,’ or will that be the final ruse of McGregor?”
Cormier said there can’t be a White House card without McGregor, especially if it’s being promoted as the biggest in company history.
“(If) he doesn’t go to the White House, it’s done,” Cormier said. “Because here’s the deal: Love it, hate it, love him, or hate him, the White House card is going to be the biggest card we’ve ever had, but it can only be the biggest card you will ever see if Conor McGregor is on the card. It will be a stacked card, it will be an amazing card, but the only way it’s the biggest card that we’ve ever seen is if Conor McGregor’s on it.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC analyst: Without Conor McGregor, White House card falls short
