LONDON – Conor McGregor is continuing down recovery road, but the Irishman is eyeballing the UFC’s July event in his home city of Dublin for his return.

The UFC earlier this week announced a July 19 show in Dublin, where the featherweight was born and raised. McGregor (14-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has been out since an August win over Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night 26. In that fight, he injured his knee and needed surgery.

In the months since, he hasn’t been far from the MMA news feed thanks to mild Twitter spats with the likes of Cole Miller and Diego Sanchez – as well as, well, most of the elite in the featherweight division, whom he took to task in a word-association game for FOXSports.com.

But with the July 19 show card now on the calendar, and the UFC no doubt hoping he’s healed enough to be on the show – perhaps as its headliner – McGregor might be getting antsy.

When asked at a fan Q&A session in London on Friday prior to weigh-ins for UFC Fight Night 37 at O2 Arena if he’d like to fight Miller on the card, he said he’d be open to it.

“I only got told yesterday about the Dublin show,” McGregor said. “But I’m going to talk to Dana (White) and Lorenzo (Fertitta) tomorrow, and Sean Shelby, as well, and see what happens. Who knows. (But) I’ll whoop Cole if they want in Dublin, no problem.”

But at the same time, he kept his options open to essentially anyone in the division. And he said much of the back-and-forth on Twitter hasn’t been started by him.

“I want to fight them all eventually,” he said. “People think I’m saying (stuff), but I’m just replying. A lot of stuff’s been happening with Diego, Cole. In due time, I’ll whoop every single one of them, you best believe that.”

A main-event fight in Dublin could be the next step in the star-making process for McGregor, who signed with the UFC in 2013 after winning both the featherweight and lightweight titles for Cage Warriors in England. He made an instant impact in the UFC with “Knockout of the Night” win over Marcus Brimage, but also with his demeanor.

In fact, one fan wondered if he’d be just the right person to help the UFC with an as-yet hypothetical version of “The Ultimate Fighter” between McGregor’s native Ireland and the United Kingdom.

“I think it’s very wise. Like Chael (Sonnen) says, ‘If it makes dollars, it makes sense,’ and an Ireland-U.K. one would be a good one,” McGregor said. “Right now, my mind is just on the gold, and everything else is a side thing,” he said. “But if they wanted me to do that, then I would do that no problem. That would be a great experience, obviously.

“But right now I’m focused on coming back, whooping ass and climbing my way up the ladder.”

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