Conor McGregor is continuous to push for a battle towards Michael Chandler at UFC 296 on December sixteenth.
McGregor and Chandler coached reverse one another on the newest season of The Final Fighter, and the overall plan has all the time appeared to be a battle on the UFC’s final pay-per-view of the 12 months. The one downside? “The Infamous” continues to be exterior the USADA drug testing program, which requires fighters spend six months being randomly examined earlier than being allowed to compete.
Positive, the UFC may all the time request an exemption which might permit McGregor to battle after simply two checks. However the promotion appears reluctant to confess that’s the route they’ll go. The Irish sports activities star not too long ago uploaded a voice recording to X (previously Twitter) saying “They’re not going to let me battle.” A day later his tune had modified and he tweeted “December is again on the desk.”
Now McGregor is pushing for the date by sharing a viral declare from a fan that UFC Struggle Move had UFC 296 labeled as ‘Chandler vs. McGregor.’ Conor shared the alleged screenshot from the UFC’s streaming service in one other tweet.
Now let’s be clear: there’s no affirmation that the UFC Struggle Move screenshot is legit. Nobody is ready to discover it now. It might be pretend. Or it may very well be one other worker error. It’s actually not affirmation that the UFC goes forward with McGregor vs. Chandler on December sixteenth.
The UFC has actually goofed previously with huge battle leaks. Jon Jones’ return battle towards Ciryl Gane was leaked when a T-Cellular worker by chance marketed the battle on area video screens earlier than the UFC had an opportunity to announce it. Might this be one other occasion like that? It’s potential. However we wouldn’t go and ebook aircraft tickets to Las Vegas simply but.
The one factor this reveals: Conor McGregor continues to be advocating laborious for a return earlier than the tip of 2023. We’ll hold you up to date as as to if the UFC really signifies that’s the course they’re going. As of proper now, McGregor vs. Chandler stays in limbo.
