UFC President Dana White confirmed that former two-division champion Conor McGregor is able to combat and his opponent might be Michael Chandler.
Conor McGregor threw Michael Chandler combat into query
McGregor casted doubt on him preventing Chandler in a current social media submit, saying he doesn’t assume the combat promotion is fascinated about that match-up anymore.
“I’ll do it if they need, no prob. I don’t assume they need him no extra tho. There’s a great deal of juicy fights round and my return date is my return date. I by no means gave a f**okay about who it was. Ever. I’ll combat anybody. I’ll even fly them to me, ask malinaggi. Flown in and wager round,” McGregor tweeted on Aug. 7 earlier than deleting it.
Dana White units the file straight on Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler
White put these doubts to relaxation when talking to the media in the course of the Dana White Contender’s Collection Put up-Struggle Press Convention on Tuesday.
“I talked to Conor. It was both yesterday or the day earlier than. And yeah, he is able to combat. I simply mentioned, pay attention, get in form, and let’s determine this out. Yeah, he is preventing Chandler. Conor likes to f**okay with everyone. You understand what I imply? Particularly his opponent or doable opponents,” White mentioned, apparently referring to McGregor’s fixed callouts of different fighters, akin to Justin Gaethje.
That callout got here after McGregor watched Gaethje knock out Dustin Poirier to seize the UFC’s BMF belt at UFC 291. McGregor final fought at UFC 264 in July 2021 shedding the trilogy bout in opposition to Poirier after struggling a damaged leg on the finish of the primary spherical.
His return date is unsure as a result of he hasn’t re-entered the USADA testing pool. A fighter should be within the USADA testing pool with clear outcomes for six months earlier than competing.
