JRE MMA Show #183 with Rico Verhoeven · Aired Aug 4, 2026
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Conor McGregor took a full year off from MMA to prepare for his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather.
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McGregor did step away from MMA to make the Mayweather fight happen, but it wasn't a full year. His last fight was UFC 205 in November 2016 and the Mayweather bout was in August 2017, so the gap was closer to nine months.
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Is it true that Conor McGregor took a full year off from MMA to prepare for his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. McGregor did step away from MMA to make the Mayweather fight happen, but it wasn't a full year. His last fight was UFC 205 in November 2016 and the Mayweather bout was in August 2017, so the gap was closer to nine months. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #183 with Rico Verhoeven, aired Aug 4, 2026, at 2:01:18. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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