- Conor McGregor last fought in the four years ago in a Dublin exhibition match
- The UFC legend revealed that he will return to the ring after facing Logan Paul
- Both fighters have previously faced five-weight world champ Floyd Mayweather
Conor McGregor has agreed a boxing match with Logan Paul in India, the UFC legend has claimed on his social media account.
McGregor set social media alight early on Tuesday morning with a statement claiming rumours of a fight with Georgian-Spanish fighter Ilia Topuria were false, before revealing his plans.
As part of the shock announcement, McGregor also teased his long-awaited return to the Octagon, three years after his last outing in the UFC.
‘The rumours of a bout with [Topuria] are false,’ the 36-year-old wrote on X on Tuesday.
‘I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambrani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India.
‘I have agreed.
Conor McGregor told his social media followers he has agreed a boxing fight with Logan Paul
Paul has fought twice in his career professionally, losing to KSI before beating Dillon Danis
‘I will then seek my return to the Octagon,’ he concluded in his short statement.
The Irishman’s return to the Octagon has long been a point of speculation, having not fought since back-to-back defeats by Dustin Poirier in 2021.
The first man to simultaneously hold titles in two weight classes in the UFC, McGregor remains one of the biggest pay-per-view draws in MMA.
In the interim he has been linked with a number of returns to MMA and the UFC, with former lightweight contender Michael Chandler offering himself as a potential opponent for a comeback fight.
Chandler had previously called for a fight with McGregor after his defeat by Charles Oliveira at UFC 309.
The pair have long been slated to meet inside the Octagon, and they coached The Ultimate Fighter season 31 against one another last year.
The news of a third foray into the boxing ring, however, perhaps comes as a shock, with Paul set to be McGregor’s next opponent after a professional clash with Floyd Mayweather back in 2017 and an exhibition meeting with Michael McGrane in Dublin two years later.
McGregor appeared in court in his native Ireland accused of ‘brutally raping and battering’ 35-year-old Nikita Hand at a hotel in Dublin in 2018.
The UFC icon was found liable of assaulting a woman in a recent civil case earlier this year
Michael Chandler has offered himself in the past as a potential opponent for McGregor
In November, he was ordered to pay nearly €250,000 (£208,000) in damages after a jury found him liable of assaulting Hand.
The former two-weight UFC champion has vehemently denied the claims, and released a statement on social media indicating that he will look to appeal the verdict.
He wrote on X: ‘As much as I regret it, everything that happened that night was consensual and all the witnesses present swore to that under oath. I have instructed my legal team to appeal the decision.’
Earlier on Tuesday he said on the social media platform: ‘I was found liable for assault, and guilty of nothing. I will be pursuing all the defamatory writings about me.’
In Paul he finds an opponent who has fought twice professionally, beating Dillon Danis in 2023 and losing to fellow YouTuber-turned-boxer KSI in 2019.
The 29-year-old also faced five-weight former world champion Mayweather, this time in an exhibition contest back in 2021 in a non-scored draw.
Paul’s younger brother, Jake, called out McGregor in the wake of his points victory over Mike Tyson earlier this year.