The match between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler has been planned for a long time. Since last year when they face each other as a coach in the reality program of The Ultimate Fighter. Earlier, McGregor also said that this competition will take place on June 29 at UFC 303.
Currently, Conor McGregor is implementing the plan to promote the movie “Road House” starring with actor Jake Gyllenhall. This is the reason why the 'scandalous guy' could not participate in UFC 300. The 35 -year -old boxer revealed that UFC himself continuously receded the calendar that made him lose motivation to prepare the upper stage.
“I had a training trip in Cannes, southern France and Dubai. The place where I was involved in training with world champions. But all plans were postponed, making me no longer interested and had to temporarily stop all training activities for a while,” Conor McGregor said.
'The scandal' McGregor has two matches in his UFC contract. The Irish boxer wanted the Radio with Chandler and then he planned to confront the old opponent Nate Diaz in September this year.
Conor McGregor is 35 years old, a former champion of two -class Featherweight and Lightweight of UFC, and the first to hold both titles in 2016.
Michael Chandler, meanwhile, won 3 times to win the Bellator's Lightweight weight championship. The 37 -year -old boxer had a total of 31 professional MMA matches with 23 wins, 8 losses (11, 7 submission).