Josh Thomson doesn’t see beating Conor McGregor as an accomplishment for Michael Chandler . Chandler is expected to welcome McGregor back to the UFC, possibly during International Fight Week. If McGregor does return on June 29, it will have been almost three years since he last fought – a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier where he broke his leg. However, it’s not just the layoff that Thomson is concerned with. It’s what McGregor has been doing during his time away. “When Nate Diaz did it (beat McGregor), it was special,” Thomson said on his Weighing In podcast.