UFC President Dana White said Wednesday he "wouldn't be surprised" to see Conor McGregor back in the Octagon in 2021.
McGregor announced his retirement in June. He previously stepped away from MMA in both April 2016 and March 2019 before returning on both occasions.
"The game just does not excite me, and that's that," McGregor told ESPN's Ariel Helwani last month. "All this waiting around. There's nothing happening. I'm going through opponent options, and there's nothing really there at the minute. There's nothing that's exciting me."
White told Fox Sports' Colin Cowherd (via Damon Martin of MMA Fighting) he's taking The Notorious' decision at face value, but he's also not closing the door on a return for one of the sport's biggest draws.