Despite claims from promotional CEO, Dana White how former two-division champion, Conor McGregor may be sidelined until the fall of this year, the Dubliner has claimed his comeback clash will take place at UFC 303 on June 29. next – against Michael Chandler during International Fight Week this summer.
McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the organization’s banner, has been sidelined from the Octagon since 2021, most recently fracturing his left tibia and fibula in an opening round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to incoming UFC 299 co-headliner, Dustin Poirier.
And linked with a return to the Octagon continually in the last 18 months, McGregor, who is currently the most tested athlete on the promotion’s books as part of their newly installed anti-doping policy, has submitted four separate drug test samples to the programme since the beginning of 2024.
Confirming plans at the beginning of the annum to headline UFC 303 at the end of June, McGregor had claimed he would fight the aforementioned, Chandler at the middleweight limit debut for both – atop the International Fight Week card.
Conor McGregor confirms UFC 303 bout with Michael Chandler
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