Retired UFC star Conor McGregor has claimed he will return to the promotion just a week after announcing he was leaving the sport.
The Crumlin man claimed he was walking away for a second time via a short tweet last week, but McGregor has now said he will return to the Octagon while making a half-baked apology for his racial slur against Khabib Nurmagomedov’s wife.
On Wednesday, the former two-weight champion called his rival’s wife a “towel head” in a post that drew widespread condemnation.
He quickly deleted the tweet before later saying: “I want to move forward, with my fans of all faiths and all backgrounds.
“All faiths challenge us to be our best selves. It is one world and one for all.
“Now see you in the Octagon.”
McGregor’s supposed U-turn comes after UFC President Dana White has cast doubt on his retirement.
He said: "I think that there’s some things that Conor wants and I think that Conor wants to get together face to face, he and I, and we probably will in the next couple of weeks and we’ll get this thing figured out."
McGregor has long desired part-ownership of the UFC which was sold to Hollywood talent agency WME-IMG for $4billion in 2016.
He has featured in five of the six biggest pay-per-view events in the company's history, pulling in almost eight million buys in the United States.
