Why Conor McGregor’s Fight With Michael Chandler Was Canceled – Hollywood Life

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Conor McGregor will now not combat Michael Chandler of their initially scheduled match. UFC president Dana White confirmed the information on Thursday, June 13, citing an harm as the rationale why the Highway Home star, 35, needed to withdraw. It’s nonetheless unclear what Conor’s harm is.

The UFC 303 important occasion was scheduled to happen on June 29. As an alternative, a light-weight match will happen between Alex Pereira and Jiri Procházka. A brand new date for Conor and Michael to combat has not been introduced on the time of publication.

Conor’s final combat was in 2021 at UFC 264 in opposition to Dustin Poirier. He misplaced the match after breaking his tibia within the first spherical.

Over the previous a number of weeks, rumors swirled about Conor and Michael’s combat, with followers speculating whether or not or not it was going to occur.

Earlier this month, a press convention with the 2 fighters was canceled due to “obstacles” out of their “management,” Conor tweeted on June 3.

“In session with the UFC, right now’s press convention was cancelled resulting from a sequence of obstacles exterior of our management,” he wrote through X. “I apologize to my Irish followers, and followers world wide, for the inconvenience and admire all of your ardour and help. I can’t wait to placed on the best all-time present within the Octagon.”

Along with the game, Conor has been busy with varied ventures. In March, his movie Highway Home premiered, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. The motion flick was a remake of the unique 1989 Patrick Swayze-led film. Within the 2024 movie, Conor performed Knox, an aggressive enforcer who hunts down Jake’s character, Dalton.

That month, Conor spoked with TheMacLife in regards to the film and the way he approached the combative scenes.

“Nobody is aware of the actual Conor — that’s the reality of it,” he mentioned. “And that lends nicely into this craft. I really feel like my life could be very a lot so faraway from actuality as it’s, you understand, within the public sphere. I really feel like I might play any function, so this was an excellent function to play.”

He additionally mentioned his return to coaching to combat, noting, “I’m going to get again and regroup, I’m going to check myself bodily clever on the treadmill and do the ram take a look at … and get myself proper again.”