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UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is back yapping and is expectedly looking for ways to get himself back into UFC 200. His original tiff, a rematch with Nate Diaz was pulled recently after the Irishman refused to take part in the promotional tour for UFC 200.

With McGregor citing that he wanted to prepare and redeem himself following the second round submission at UFC 196, “The Notorious” found himself out of the main event. To date, Nate Diaz is still without an opponent though it is possible he too could be pulled. Diaz made it clear that he is only interested in McGregor and no one else.

Replacing the botched main event was a rematch as well. Instead of a McGregor vs. Diaz rematch, Jon Jones returns to face UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. Knowing the drama and rivalry between the two fighters, such drowned all potential disappointment of not seeing McGregor once more.

McGregor has however not completely closed the door on being at UFC 200 which will be held at the T-Mobile Arena on July 9. Technically he is sort of promoting his rematch with Diaz though on a different medium which is Instagram.

A video posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on May 1, 2016 at 4:21am PDT

His efforts of drawing support to pressure Dana White and the UFC is unlikely to work with the cards already set.

“Listen, Conor’s going to fight again,” White said via MMA Junkie. “He’s going to fight at UFC 201, 202, 203 – whatever the deal might be.… what’s next when that plays out. But (UFC) 200 is the fight everybody’s been looking to for a long time. It is what it is. The show’s going to roll on, and Conor will fight again.”

With more than a month to go, it will be interesting if any changes will allow McGregor back in. If not, the Irishman’s future is equally interesting.

With UFC 200 officially out for now, it will be interesting where McGregor will be fighting next. A rematch with Diaz is still hanging but there is also his actual title that needs to be defended. In fact his challenger will be known at UFC 200 as well.

Jose Aldo and Frankie Edgar will be slugging it out to determine the interim champion and the winner will get the change to lay his hands on McGregor moving forward. Both are eager to get their hands on the Irishman so that could stand out as a better matchup than a rematch with Diaz.