LAS VEGAS – A new two-division champion was crowned at Saturday’s UFC 226 event, but, as it’s come to be expected whenever UFC President Dana White is in the room, the name of another man with dual-division octagon honors made its way to the conversation.

That is, of course, Conor McGregor.

McGregor hasn’t stepped into the octagon since November 2016, when he took out Eddie Alvarez to earn the UFC’s lightweight belt. Despite speculation over whether he’d even return to MMA after a massive payday in boxing, and the most recent legal complications stemming from a documented attack to a bus carrying fighters at UFC 223, he’s been touted as the next challenger to the lightweight belt.

That would mean fighting its current holder, unbeaten Khabib Numagomedov (26-0 MMA, 10-0 UFC), who’s said on social media that the UFC was “working on fight” between him and the ex-champ. More recently, McGregor’s (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) coach John Kavanagh told ESPN.com that talks are “ongoing” for his return.

Asked whether he had an idea of when a possible McGregor return would fit into the UFC’s recently released calendar of events, however, White, said that all talks will have to wait until his legal issues unfold.

“I’m not even thinking about Conor until – I’m serious,” White said in a post-UFC 226 press conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “I know they’re saying there are talks, but we’re not talking about a fight right now. Conor has to get through July. Whatever’s going to happen to him in July, we’ll figure that out. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

“Is he going to get fined? Is he going to be on probation? Is he going to get this, that? When that’s over with, then we’ll start talking about him fighting.”

McGregor’s next court appearance for the April 5 bus attack, which took place at Barclays Center in New York, is set for July 26. The 29-year-old Irishman is facing numerous charges, including two felony counts of criminal mischief.

In his most recent court hearing, which lasted little more than a minute, McGregor said he regretted the actions that led him there.

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