CONOR MCGREGOR’s UFC showdown against Michael Chandler is OFF.
The 35-year-old MMA star was set to make his long-awaited return to the Octagon against his fellow fan favorite on June 29 in the main event of the UFC 303 in. Las Vegas.
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But their long-awaited spat – which was first announced last February – collapsed due to a knee injury. the Irish.
UFC CEO and President Dana White announced the card’s cancellation on social media, saying, “Alright everyone. Here I am again.
“Conor McGregor is out at 303 against michael chandler.
“The new main fighter is Alex Pereira – not only a former UFC middleweight champion, he is also the first fighter to win UFC middleweight and light heavyweight titles. history.
“He also did it in the shortest possible time. He did this in 736 days in 7 seven fights.
“He has finished seven of his nine wins by knockout, which represents a 78 percent submission rate, and has won ten of his last 11 fights and will face former UFC light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka.”
Fears that Mac’s Return could be canceled began to surface last week after the UFC canceled a press conference featuring its poster boy, Chandler and White.
The press cancellation came less than 12 hours before it was due to take place at Dublin’s 3Arena.
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SunSport then learned that The Notorious had canceled his pre-fight media obligations with UFC broadcast partners that were scheduled to take place the day before.
Fortunately for Chandler, he hadn’t left for the Emerald Isle before the press cancellation.
Both the UFC and Team McGregor were hopeful that the fight could still happen.
But the injury suffered by the promotion’s first two-division champion ended up being too debilitating for him to fight.
McGregor, 35, hasn’t set foot in the Octagon since breaking his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier almost three years ago.
The Dubliner underwent a long and meticulous rehabilitation to get healthy and ready to return to the octagon.
McGregor had aspirations of ending his barren run with an emphatic victory over Chandler.
The Irish was set to go into the welterweight clash after back-to-back losses to Poirier.
Mystic Mac – the UFC’s first simultaneous two-weight world champion – did not taste victory in a colossal lineup FOUR AND A HALF years.
Inside McGregor’s Notorious Lifestyle
With more sides to his personality than an octagon, Conor McGregor’s rise has been fascinating.
McGregor’s last victory came in January 2020 at UFC 246, where he decimated Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds in his first fight since losing the match to rival Khabib Nurmagomedov.
McGregor had big plans for his duel with Chandler in June to be the first of THREE fights in a calendar year.
He told The MacLife: “I’ll do three this year: June, September, December.
“We have Chandler in June, obviously. September, Sphere, is Mexican Independence Day.
“Potentially someone with Mexican heritage, maybe[NateDiaz[NateDiaz[NateDiaz[NateDiaz
“I think Diaz would be perfect. I don’t know the details.
“I kind of thought it would be adorable.”
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