DANA WHITE has revealed the UFC’s new tentative plans for Conor McGregor.

The Irishman was due to make his long-awaited octagon return in June against rival Ultimate Fighter 31 coach Michael Chandler.

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But he was forced to pull out of his comeback clash after suffering a broken left pinky toe just a matter of weeks before the Sin City showdown.

McGregor, 36, revealed in an exclusive interview with SunSport that he was eyeing a December return to the octagon but has come to terms with a 2025 comeback.

But the rescheduled Return of The Mac won’t take place in the first half of what promises to be a stacked 2025 for MMA’s promotion.

He said in the UFC 309 post-fight press conference: “Conor is going to come back late ’25.”

Fan favourite Chandler renewed his calls to face McGregor next year in the wake of his decision defeat to former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira.

He roared to Joe Rogan in his post-fight interview: “Conor McGregor!!!”:

“If you can ever get your house back in order while us real professionals have been keeping the Octagon warm.

“We are wondering where you have been Conor. Come back and beat me, if you can?”

But White, at this moment in time, has no idea about who will welcome the MMA superstar back to the cage.

He said: “There’s a lot of time before we can figure out who’s gonna fight Conor.”

McGregor hasn’t set foot inside the octagon since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier three-and-a-half years ago.

And according to White, he’s champing at the bit to make his octagon return.

The veteran promoter, 55, said: “There is no doubt Conor wants to fight.

“He hits me up all the time.

“I told you guys he probably wasn’t going to fight in 2024 and he didn’t.

“He’s going to fight in 2025, probably at the end of the year, if it is earlier that is good for all of us.”

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A WOMAN died falling from a moving van as her boyfriend desperately tried to save her, an inquest heard.

Leah Senior, 27, told her partner she wanted to end her life before opening the passenger door as he drove them in his Ford Transit.

An inquest heard he grabbed Leah’s coat in a heartbreaking bid to stop her falling but was “unable to get to her”.

The boyfriend, who hasn’t been named, then stopped the van and pulled injured Leah to the side of the road.

Tragically she couldn’t be saved and died at the scene in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on January 17 from chest injuries.

The inquest was told Leah was a “loving child” who was “always laughing and smiling” but her mental health declined when she turned 13 following the death of her grandmother.

Leah later became an accountant but developed problems with alcohol while working in Leeds, Yorkshire Live reports.

Her mum Hayley said: “We felt she had gone downhill massively. She was drinking at work and the company found out. They didn’t want to sack her so she resigned and they gave her a good reference.

“She worked for ASDA doing the books but working from home and that’s when her drinking got worse.”

In 2020, Leah was prescribed medication for depression after Hayley and her husband Neil became “very concerned” over her mental health.

She was also referred to a mental health group where a worker said she was not an alcoholic, but a “dependant drinker”.

Hayley told the court: “They said there was nothing wrong with Leah.

“In 2021 to 2022, Leah had a mental breakdown. I was constantly asking for help for her. She also saw a psychiatrist who said there was nothing wrong with her. We were doing the absolute best to get the help she needed.

“She was given a drug to help with her cravings with alcohol and would go for months without drinking then would go on a binge and go to hotels.”

On the day of her death, Leah was due to meet with a community nurse but asked for the chat to be rearranged as she had clients to see.

She went to work then later asked her boyfriend to pick her up from her home in Wakefield when the tragedy unfolded.

The court heard the HMET (Homicide and Major Enquiry Team) investigated Leah’s death but found no suspicious circumstances.

Hayley said: “Our family liaison officer told us she took her own life. She never expressed to us she wanted to do that.

“As her parents we are so shocked at what happened. We never saw this coming and are devastated.”

Recording a verdict of suicide, the coroner said Leah had deliberately falling from the van after trying to “cope with the demons in her life”.

If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans for free on 116123.

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