After ready patiently for the final yr and a half, what’s just a few extra months for Michael Chandler?
Initially, the previous Bellator MMA champion was set to make his return to the Octagon on June 29 for a conflict with former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor at UFC 303. Sadly, the battle fell via after McGregor broke his pinky toe, forcing him to bow out of the bout, leaving us with a lightweight heavyweight championship rematch to headline Worldwide Combat Week.
Happily, McGregor’s harm ought to solely postpone the battle for just a few months.
Just lately, Chandler took to social media, teasing {that a} new date was already on the best way. Whether or not it’s for his long-awaited conflict with McGregor or a brand new battle altogether for ‘Iron’ stays to be seen.
“Time properly spent in progress isn’t time wasted,” Chandler wrote on Twitter. “New date LOADING. Stroll On. See you on the high!”
Dana White continues to stay tight-lipped on rescheduled conor mcGregor vs. Michael Chandler battle
Whereas backstage on the Bellator Champions Sequence occasion in Dublin on Saturday, Conor McGregor provided some perception into his harm and, extra importantly, after we would possibly see him again contained in the Octagon. ‘Mystic Mac’ instructed that August or September is the objective.
Nevertheless, UFC CEO Dana White was fast to dispell any rumors {that a} new date was being labored on whereas McGregor continues to be nursing an harm.
“I don’t know proper now,” White stated of McGregor’s return through the UFC Saudi Arabia post-fight press convention. “Our schedule is laid out. We’ll see. I’m not doing something till I do know that Conor is wholesome. It’s not even value speaking about. What about September? What about October?
He’s not prepared. So why even discuss that? … I’m not enthusiastic about Conor preventing anyone proper now. I’ve no time-frame, I’ve nothing. McGregor’s not even healed but. McGregor’s damage.”
