Conor McGregor has reached a preliminary agreement to fight American social media influencer-turned-fighter Logan Paul in an exhibition boxing match, the former UFC champion said on social media on Tuesday.
McGregor said the fight would take place in India but did not specify when it would potentially occur.
McGregor’s announcement comes less than a month after a civil jury at the High Court ruled he must pay nearly €250,000 to a woman who said he raped her at a Dublin hotel penthouse in December 2018.
Nikita Hand said the assault left her heavily bruised and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. McGregor testified that he never forced the woman to do anything against her will and said she fabricated the allegations after the two had consensual sex.
"I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India. I have agreed," McGregor wrote on X.
"I will then seek my return to the Octagon."
Paul, whose 27-year-old younger brother Jake fought 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in a widely watched Netflix event that strained the streaming platform's servers, has few fights under his belt.
The 29-year-old American survived eight rounds against retired five-division champion Floyd Mayweather, who is 18 years his senior, in an exhibition fight three years ago.
