CONOR MCGREGOR has seemingly bypassed Dana White in a desperate attempt to finalise his long-awaited return to the UFC. The Notorious' long-overdue comeback clash with Michael Chandler collapsed last week when his fellow fan favourite agreed to rematch Charles Oliveira in November. 4 Conor McGregor's comeback clash against Michael Chandler was scrapped last week Credit: GETTY 4 McGregor was left stunned by Dana White's decision to give Chandler a different fight Credit: Getty 4 The Notorious has made an emotional plea to Turki Alalshikh in a bid to finalise his return Credit: GETTY UFC President and CEO White then revealed that the promotion plan to have their poster boy return to the cage NEXT YEAR .
Both announcements blindsided McGregor, who has reached out to Saudi bigwig Turki Alalshikh - who recently struck up a lucrative partnership with MMA's top promotion - to try to seal a new date for his comeback. The former two-division champion said: “I’ve been tested more than twice than these other athletes, yet I struggle to get a date. "So I’ve talked to Sheikh Turki and I’ve said, ‘Sheikh Turki, can you assist me here?" READ MORE UFC NEWS WHITE NOISE UFC boss makes Jon Jones announcement with big ramifications for Brit Aspinall McGregor, 36, was due to return to the cage in the summer but was forced out of his June joust with Chandler after breaking his left pinky toe in sparring.
The Irishman revealed to SunSport that he was pivoting to a December return , althou.