Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler off UFC 303 card due to injury

Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon will have to wait.

Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon will have to wait.

UFC announced Thursday that his fight against Michael Chandler will no longer headline UFC 303 in Las Vegas on June 29 because of injury.

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will defend his belt against Jiri Prochazka in the new main event, UFC CEO Dana White announced in a video on social media.

It would have been McGregor’s first bout since July 2021, when he lost by first-round TKO to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. McGregor broke the tibia in his left leg that night, rendering him unable to compete further. The injury required surgery and months of recovery. 

McGregor, the former featherweight and lightweight champion, boasts just one win — a first-round TKO of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 — in nearly eight years. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/conor-mcgregor-fight-cancelled-ufc-303-rcna157113

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