Jon Anik still hopeful for Conor McGregor UFC return but ‘exhausted’ over inactivity
A couple weeks ago at the UFC Hall of Fame red carpet, lead play-by-play voice Jon Anik said he was “hopeful” for a Conor McGregor return in 2024.
Not only that, but Anik said he expected McGregor to fight a couple times in about eight months once he finally does return. But until then, as long as McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) continues to say on the sidelines in a layoff that now has reached three years, Anik said he’s growing tired of waiting and wondering.
McGregor was training for the UFC 303 main event vs. Michael Chandler, a long-discussed fight that finally came to fruition about 18 months after it first was known.
Anik thinks once McGregor, 35, has his next fight scheduled, he’ll suddenly become a more frequent fighter. It might seem unrealistic, but Anik maintains a high degree of hope about what’s on the horizon for the brash Irishman.
“I’ve got to stay consistent in terms of my thesis statement on Conor: Tt’s that he’s going to enjoy the yacht life a whole lot more with a couple more MMA (wins), or at the very least fights – high-profile fights and the mixed martial artists in there.
“The professional athlete in there, the competitor in there, is such that I expect him to try to come back and fight a couple of times here in short order. I’ve been very wrong before. … There’s no recreational activity or boxing ring that is going to do for him, what a win over Michael Chandler and some of these other guys can do.”
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