The Mac is back.
Conor McGregor will go back to the UFC Octagon to deal with Michael Chandler in a welterweight bout at UFC 303 on June 29 in the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it was formally validated late Saturday night throughout the UFC 300 post-fight interview. The battle, which headings the card, will bookend the UFC’s yearly International Fight Week celebrations, and will come 3 years after McGregor’s latest battle in the cage in which he sustained a serious injury to his left lower leg.
The verification of the battle happens a year after Chandler was very first chosen as McGregor’s next challenger, after which they contended as opposing coaches on a season of the UFC’s long-running truth series ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’ Chandler will contend for the very first time given that a November 2022 defeat to Dustin Poirier.
McGregor has actually been formally cleared to eliminate given that last month and had actually been connected to last night’s UFC 300 card– nevertheless, marketing requirements for his function movie launching, ‘Road House,’ suggested that contending on the card would be unlikely.
“June 29th, Conor versus Chandler,” White stated with a smile as he attended to the media following an extremely effective UFC 300 card in Las Vegas. “Five round, 170-pounds.
“It’s everything about timing,” White stated of the battle. “Chandler’s been prepared however Conor hasn’t been all set. We spoke about this at one of interview just recently. He had a great deal of responsibilities that he needed to handle. What you do not desire him doing is accepting a battle when he’s got a lots of responsibilities and he can’t train 100 percent for a battle. Here we are this evening.”
White included: “When you take a look at that injury, it’s occurred in the UFC. You simply saw Chris Weidman return, Anderson [Silva] returned from it, you’ve seen it in football. It’s most likely among the nastiest injuries that you can perhaps get. You see guys with damaged arms all the time [but] it’s tough for us as people to cover our head around that bone breaking. It’s simply a nasty injury, and it’s a rough healing too.”