UFC returns to Dublin on October 24 for Fight Night event

With International Fight Week approaching and the week's star attraction Conor McGregor carrying the country of Ireland on his back, it only makes sense the UFC would announce a return to Dublin in 2015.

The UFC will officially return to Ireland's biggest city on October 24, as part of a Fight Night event to be held at the 3Arena (formerly the O2). Tickets go on sale on Sept. 4.

The UFC's last visit to Dublin -- July 2014 for UFC Fight Night 46 -- was a raging success for the UFC, featuring the Irish firebrand McGregor against Diego Brandao. That event, which aired on Fight Pass and took place at the O2, featured a number of Irish fighters, such as Cathal Pendred, Patrick Holohan and Neil…