With the final PPV of the year done, we’ve got another edition of MMA Roundup for the UFC fans. To start with, we have an update from CEO Dana White, who shared his take on the possible return of Conor McGregor, amidst his civil lawsuit controversy. Then, we’ll focus on the aftermath of UFC 310 when the 55-year-old promoter expressed his wish to see a few fighters hanging up their gloves.

For the final story of this edition of the daily roundup, we have the recently defeated Ian Garry, who opened up on his wardrobe malfunction while fighting Shavkat Rakhmonov. Let’s dive into the headlines without any further delay.

Is Conor McGregor coming back in 2025? Dana White spills the beans

It didn’t take too much time for Dana White to get hit with questions about Conor McGregor and his ongoing controversy surrounding the civil lawsuit. When a reporter asked about his “reaction” to what has transpired in ‘The Notorious’ life recently, the UFC CEO appeared rather infuriated. “What do you mean, what’s my reaction? If I had a comment, I would’ve put it out already,”, Dana White stated in the UFC 310 post-fight presser. But what about his fighting career? Is he done in the UFC? Well, it’s not that simple.

First of all, Dana White pointed out Conor McGregor‘s lengthy absence for so many years, inferring how difficult to say what the Irishman’s plans are. However, if there’s a chance for him to come back to the UFC, the 55-year-old appeared to maintain his stance on a probable late 2025 timeline.

“He hasn’t been fighting here in, I don’t know how long,” Dana White added. “Well, if he does fight, it’ll be sometime next year.” Do you think we will finally get that big return from the former double champion? Before you answer that, take a look at the next story.

The UFC CEO claims four fighters retired after UFC 310

While it was a great day for the winners at UFC 310, who advanced closer to their title dreams, the losers saw themselves missing out on advancing to bigger and better fights themselves. However, for a few of those losers, the walls appear to be closing in. Dana White addressed four veterans, Kron Gracie, Clay Guida, Anthony Smith, and, of course, former champion Chris Weidman, revealing that he’s decided to ask them to call it a career.

“They all retired tonight,” Dana White stated in the post-fight presser. Besides, Dana White had been calling for the retirement of a couple of the aforementioned fighters in the past. After Chris Weidman returned from a devastating leg injury to injure himself again, when he took on Brad Tavares, the UFC CEO seemed insistent on wanting to see ‘The All-American’ retire. Now, with the lackluster outings at UFC 310, White believes others should follow suit as well.

Let’s move over to our final story for the day, involving Ian Garry.

Ian Garry’s reaction to his torn shorts

The battle of the undefeated certainly lived up to expectations as Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Garry put it all on the line for a chance at being one step closer to welterweight gold. ‘The Future’ seemed to have kept ‘Nomad’ on his toes, canceling many of the Kazakh star’s takedown attempts. However, Rakhmonov prevailed in the end and earned his first-ever decision win and had a face-off against Belal Muhammad in the Octagon thereafter. Meanwhile, one of the most memorable moments occurred when, for the first time, a fighter’s shorts were torn during a bout. That fighter was none other than Garry himself.

The 28-year-old would later open up on fighting Shavkat Rakhmonov and addressed the wardrobe malfunction incident. He changed his shorts mid-fight, but during the press conference, he claimed that he was unaware that there were problems with his shorts. In a surprised tone, Garry said, “I didn’t get to see or feel it. What happened?” After he learned about it, he claimed that this instance could blow up on social media. In conclusion, ‘The Future’ claimed that it was something out of his control. “It is what it is. I mean, I don’t know what I can do about that,” Ian Garry added.

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