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Conor McGregor stuns local residents on holiday with Dee Devlin as he disrupts traffic

Conor McGregor stuns local residents on holiday with Dee Devlin as he disrupts traffic

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Conor McGregor has returned to Mallorca, one of his preferred holiday destinations, and it hasn't taken long for him to cause a stir.
The Crumlin-born former UFC champion has been out of the Octagon for almost four years, after his last bout, a Las Vegas trilogy clash with Dustin Poirier in July 2021, was stopped in the first round after McGregor broke his leg.
Rumours have swirled that a return may be on the horizon, but in the meantime, the 36-year-old has jetted off for some sun with his fiancée Dee Devlin and their children. Yet, training has seemingly continued.
McGregor could be seen on social media participating in some intensive sprint drills, though the Irishman opted not to publicly exercise during a quiet part of the day.
As the former featherweight and lightweight champion began his runs up a hill in the exclusive Port Adriano, cars and motorbikes flew by, and some could be heard beeping their horns at McGregor, who was disrupting traffic on a road that gives access to the local port, as reported by Spanish outlet Ultima Hora.
This didn't seem to deter the fighter, however. He continued his drills as though the vehicles were not present, and could be heard breathing heavily thanks to the intensity of the training.
Residents and tourists to the area were reportedly stunned when they saw the shirtless Irishman dedicated to his circuit, and this hasn't been the first time McGregor has used such a method to stay in shape.
In 2022, another video was uploaded to social media showing McGregor sprinting up a very similar hill on the island, this time in pitch-black darkness, screaming as he went.
(Image: AS)
He wrote on Instagram at the time: "Ask yourself this: Why aren't you finding a hill and sprinting it? It's simple, effective, free, benefits are astounding."
The Irishman has been enjoying his return to the holiday destination, and has supposedly also been pictured relaxing on his yacht with his fiancée and children, riding on a €10,000 Porsche electric bike, driving around in a Ferrari and tipping the locals well.
Whether McGregor will step back into the UFC is another matter. In 2024, the 36-year-old was pencilled in to take on Michael Chandler as part of UFC 303, but was forced to pull out due to injury.
It has long been hinted that he will one day return, and the Notorious opened up in April about one specific stipulation that would have to be met should he make his reappearance.
"I'll only come back to a stadium," McGregor wrote on social media platform X, revealing that any future UFC fight would have to be staged in front of a knockout crowd.
However, UFC head honcho Dana White was asked last month in a streetside interview with Adam Glyn whether McGregor's comeback was on the horizon, and he gave a telling response.
"He's not fighting anytime soon," responded White, perhaps sprinkling doubt as to whether McGregor will ever fight in the UFC again. "I haven't talked to him in a minute. But I don't know."

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