Daniel Cormier: Every Conor McGregor fight is 'bigger and better'

WASHINGTON – To Daniel Cormier, there's nothing like a Conor McGregor fight week.

McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns from a five-year-long layoff to rematch Max Holloway (27-9 MMA, 23-9 UFC) in the UFC 329 main event on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+).

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Cormier will commentate Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 (Paramount+) event at the White House in Washington, which is expected to draw historic viewership numbers for the promotion. However, McGregor making his highly-anticipated comeback is a different kind of feeling, said Cormier.

"It's going to be a tremendous fight," Cormier said during Wednesday's UFC Freedom 250 media day. "I think that we now get to see two guys that are adults. The first time they fought, they were children. Max was a kid, Conor was a kid.

"These guys are going to be grown men fighting in what will be... it's hard to think that an event will get bigger after this, but every time Conor McGregor is here, it's bigger and it's better. The sport's better with this man in the fight game. So, I'm excited for that as I am excited about the fights this weekend."

UFC CEO Dana White said he expects McGregor's return to break the promotion's gate record, which UFC 306 at the Sphere currently holds at almost $22 million.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Daniel Cormier: UFC better with Conor McGregor in fight game