Conor McGregor will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on June 29 when he takes on Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in Las Vegas.
It has been three years since McGregor final fought within the UFC after breaking his left leg within the first spherical of his trilogy battle with Dustin Poirier.
The UFC confirmed the welterweight bout following UFC 300 in Las Vegas on Saturday and will probably be contested over 5 rounds, going down on the finish of Worldwide Combat Week.
McGregor has 22 wins and 6 defeats in his MMA profession, solely choosing up one victory since turning into the UFC’s first simultaneous two-weight champion in 2016.
His opponent Chandler has contested 31 bouts, successful 23 and dropping eight.
“It isn’t that we have been engaged on it for ages,” UFC CEO Dana White mentioned through the UFC 300 press convention.
McGregor has not fought within the UFC since he broke his left tibia and fibula towards Dustin Poirier again in 2021
“There are every kind of issues that go on behind the scenes, it is all about timing.
“Chandler has been prepared however Conor hasn’t been prepared. We talked about this at one of many press conferences not too long ago, he had a variety of obligations that he needed to cope with.
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“What you don’t need him doing is accepting a battle when he is bought a ton of obligations and he cannot practice 100 per cent for a battle.
“It is by no means exhausting with Conor, I say it on a regular basis Conor has been an important associate and straightforward to cope with. We’re again, he is a sensible dude and Conor is a die-hard UFC man and can be until he retires and past.”
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