Michael Chandler has been silent because the announcement of Conor McGregor’s damage, which precipitated the cancellation of their scheduled bout at UFC 303.
Ever since teaching reverse “The Infamous” McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) on Season 30 of “The Final Fighter,” Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) has been ready to satisfy the previous two-division champion contained in the octagon. It was all set to lastly go down because the UFC 303 foremost occasion on June 29 at Worldwide Combat Week in Las Vegas, however then McGregor received injured.
On Thursday, UFC CEO Dana White formally introduced the battle was off, validating weeks of hypothesis.
In his first assertion of types because the information, Chandler posted a video to social media of him pouring himself a cup of his Hiatus model tequila with a brief caption, “Welp…again #onHiatus.”
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Welp…again #onHiatus @hiatustequila pic.twitter.com/x5kpncPKja
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) June 15, 2024
Chandler was final in motion at UFC 281 in November 2022, the place he misplaced by submission to Dustin Poirier. Regardless of lots of his friends urging him to maneuver previous the battle towards McGregor, Chandler has caught with the matchup, and should wait somewhat longer to make it occur.
The brand new UFC 303 foremost occasion shall be a rematch between Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka with the sunshine heavyweight title on the road.
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