CONOR McGREGOR described himself as ‘the proudest daddy in the whole world’ as he dropped his daughter Croia off for her first day of primary school.

The Notorious hugged and kissed his middle child while posing for a pair of sweet snaps as she embarked upon her opening day of junior infants.

The name Croia is derived from the term for ‘little heart’ in IrishCredit: @thenotoriousmma

The sign on her desk read ‘Welcome to Junior Infants’Credit: @thenotoriousmma

He captioned the photos: “The proudest Daddy in the whole world, my daughter Croía in big school today!

“I love you my baby girl, Princess of the World.”

Conor and fiancée Dee Devlin also have two sons in Conor Jr, 6, and Rían, 2, with the Walkinstown woman pregnant with their fourth child.

Dee appears to be in the latter stages of her pregnancy judging from photos Conor shared of them heading out for dinner earlier in the week.

In those pics, she wore an airy maternity getup while he donned a pair of Gucci shorts as well as a matching short-sleeve shirt that comes at a combined cost of approximately €1550.

The end of 2023 is shaping up to be a particularly busy time for him as it appears his long-awaited comeback bout WILL happen before the year’s out after all.

The 35-year-old recently tweeted that he and Michael Chandler will at last throw down on December 11.

The UFC’s biggest star hasn’t set foot inside the cage since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021.

Aimless speculation over when his comeback bout will happen has been rife for months now, with the fight first being mooted all the way back in February.

It’s understood that the delay in making the fight happen was due to McGregor’s absence from the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s testing pool.

UFC and USADA policy requires fighters re-entering the pool to be available for drug testing for a minimum of six months before they’re eligible to compete.

MMA’s top promotion can, however, issue an exemption to the six-month notice rule in “exceptional circumstances”.

Assuming that the screenshot that McGregor posted is to be believed then the fight will now take place before the year is done in Las Vegas.

Chandler is yet to announce the bout from his side and Dana White has so far remained silent on his side.

There has also been no official confirmation that the fight will go ahead from the UFC.