Conor McGregor’s long-awaited return to the Octagon is such a giant deal that even Jose Aldo is rooting for “Infamous” to seize victory.
It was introduced earlier this month that McGregor will lastly step foot again within the Octagon at UFC 303 on June 29 from Las Vegas, Nevada. The previous UFC double champion shall be making his return in opposition to fellow light-weight contender Michael Chandler, though the struggle is predicted to happen at 170 kilos. Will probably be the primary time McGregor is competing since suffered a nasty leg break by the hands of Dustin Poirier again at UFC 264 in July 2021.
Given McGregor’s reputation and skill to promote pay-per-views, his conflict with Chandler at UFC 303 is predicted to be the largest struggle of the 12 months. It might not be the best card of 2024, however there’s likelihood McGregor’s comeback struggle breaks UFC’s all-time gate report, particularly because it’s taking place on Worldwide Combat Week.
With simply two months remaining earlier than UFC 303 units sail the anticipation has begun to develop. Combat followers, fellows UFC fighters, and even a few of McGregor’s greatest rivals are counting the times earlier than he returns to the brightest stage in fight sports activities. This contains Aldo, who is without doubt one of the greatest rivals in McGregor’s UFC profession. The 2 have since buried the hatchet, which is why Aldo is pulling for “Infamous” in his comeback struggle.
“I’ve nice expectations for that struggle,” Aldo just lately instructed MMA Junkie. “And as I all the time say, I all the time root for the fellows who I fought and the fellows who’ve crushed me as a result of, you already know, that simply proves that I misplaced to the most effective and I misplaced to champions.
“So I hope that he can go in there and be the Conor of previous, and be aggressive, and go in there to complete the struggle, and never go away it to the judges. However you already know, I anticipate nice issues from that struggle.”
McGregor, who has been busy breaking Hollywood data throughout his break day, has not competed professionally in virtually three years. That could be a severe crimson flag for anybody anticipating the previous UFC champion to return to previous type at UFC 303, but when any fighter might pull off the unattainable it will be “Mystic Mac.”
