UFC President Dana White rejected suggestions that Conor McGregorThe fight for return failed due to monetary demands.
McGregor, who hasn’t fought since breaking his leg in July 2021, should fight michael chandler at UFC 303 on June 29. Last week, however, a new injury to the Irishman hampered the fight, according to McGregor and White.
The news followed a period of uncertainty over the fate of the fight, a period in which fans speculated that McGregor, 35, was trying to negotiate a bigger purse — amid a record haul of more than $20 million on T -Mobile Las Vegas Arena. .
“Conor McGregor… I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again, Conor McGregor has never done this,” White said in The Jime Roma show on Monday (June 17).
“Conor McGregor never fights and tries to renegotiate a contract or get more money. He’s never done anything remotely close to that.
“He is as solid as it gets when it comes to being a business partner. Conor McGregor is hurt right now, it’s absolutely real.
“Yes, no, he never did anything like that.”
“Conor McGregor never tries to start a fight and renegotiate a contract or get more money.” @danawhite into conspiracy theories that McGregor is not actually injured but merely negotiating. pic.twitter.com/cbSEsNCDPZ
-Jim Roma (@jimrome) June 17, 2024
McGregor vs. Chandler is facing a two or three month delay as McGregor seeks his first win since January 2020.
Last time, in July 2021, the former two-weight champion broke his leg against Dustin Poirier, who knocked out McGregor six months earlier.
American Chandler, 38, hasn’t fought since November 2022, when he lost to compatriot Poirier by submission.
