Conor McGregor is able to present ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler that there are ranges to the battle sport. Extra importantly, the Irishman needs to make it clear that the previous Bellator MMA champion is nowhere close to his.
After almost three years on the shelf following a devastating leg harm in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, McGregor will return to the Octagon on Saturday, June 29 for a foremost occasion conflict with Chandler as a part of this yr’s Worldwide Combat Week in Las Vegas.
With their extremely anticipated conflict lower than two months away, you may count on the trash speak between McGregor and Chandler to begin choosing up. Mystic Mac’ bought issues rolling on Monday, stating that at UFC 303, he’ll present the world what it appears to be like prefer to compete on the “very prime” degree.
“There may be ranges and in 7 weeks and 5 days you’re gonna see the very, very prime degree,” McGregor wrote on X. “This subsequent run is for the Clan!”
He shortly adopted up that put up with one other particularly focusing on his first opponent since July 2021.
“NOT ON MY LEVEL, NOT EVEN CLOSE,” McGregor added.
Can Conor McGregor recapture his previous glory contained in the octagon?
Conor McGregor’s stand up the featherweight ranks was actually a sight to behold. Going by a slew of robust competitors, together with Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, and Chad Mendes, the Irishman delivered a spotlight that may stand the take a look at of time when he KO’d 145-pound GOAT Jose Aldo a mere 13 seconds into their UFC 194 headliner.
Lower than a yr later, he completed Eddie Alvarez in spherical two to win the light-weight title, changing into the UFC’s first-ever simultaneous two-division champion.
Sadly, McGregor’s meteoric rise to fame and fortune has already taken a lot of the blame for his abrupt downfall contained in the Octagon. After cashing in his chips to safe a crossover boxing match towards Floyd Mayweather in 2017, McGregor has solely gained one battle since his title-winning efficiency towards Alvarez at UFC 205.
In fact, McGregor is doing simply positive away from the battle sport. Earlier this yr he starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a remake of the 1989 motion basic Highway Home which turned out to be an enormous hit for Amazon Studios.
McGregor additionally grew to become a component proprietor in Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship, including yet one more large enterprise to his rising portfolio.
