Conor McGregor has outlined a long-term plan, seeking a rematch of his recent loss to Max Holloway in what would be the final bout of his UFC contract. In an Instagram post referencing the UFC's International Fight Week next July, McGregor wrote on Monday, "What was to be a generational beating is now to be reset. IFW 2027. The Last Dance."

Should McGregor face Holloway again, it would be their third matchup. In a welterweight fight at UFC 329 in Las Vegas on July 11, Holloway (28-9) won by technical knockout in just 69 seconds after McGregor (22-7) hurt his right knee on an early kick.

McGregor, 38, is due to have his torn anterior cruciate ligament surgically repaired, which likely explains the long wait for the rematch. Despite recently posting an Instagram video showing leg exercises, UFC president Dana White said on Sunday, "Conor McGregor's out for a year."

The July 11 contest was McGregor's first action in the Octagon in five years, since a technical knockout loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. McGregor has lost each of his past three bouts and four of the past five. Holloway, 34, dropped a unanimous decision to Charles Oliveira at UFC 326 in March before bouncing back to defeat McGregor.

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