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Is Conor McGregor fight off? Michael Chandler posts update on UFC 303
Michael Chandler has hinted his UFC 303 showdown in opposition to Conor McGregor is off by leaving his coaching camp.
McGregor continues to be scheduled to return to the Octagon on 29 June after a three-year absence from the cage – breaking his leg in his final struggle in opposition to Dustin Poirier.
However issues over that struggle happening have emerged this week. McGregor and Chandler had been set to satisfy at a press convention in Dublin on Monday night – just for it to be cancelled simply 10 hours earlier than its scheduled begin time.
UFC didn’t present any purpose for the cancellation with McGregor tweeting on Tuesday it was on account of ‘obstacles outdoors of our management.’
Chandler in the meantime was knowledgeable the press convention was now not happening on Sunday, not making the journey to the Irish capital.
Worries the struggle shall be scrapped have grown all through the week with ESPN, the UFC’s official broadcast associate within the US, eradicating promoting for UFC 303 from their web site.
Chandler has now additionally indicated one thing main has developed. The American trains in South Florida however appeared to adapt on Instagram he has now flown again residence to Tennessee.
He wrote within the since-deleted put up: ‘When you’re in search of me, I’ll be out in Tennessee. No method out of the life we selected.’
MMA journalist Ariel Helwani in the meantime claims that whereas the struggle continues to be at present scheduled to go forward, UFC have begun contemplating alternative fighters or a wholly new struggle to headline the cardboard later this month in Las Vegas.
McGregor’s final replace in the meantime supplied no actual readability on the scenario, apologising to Irish followers after this week’s press convention was cancelled.
‘In session with the UFC, at this time’s press convention was cancelled on account of a sequence of obstacles outdoors of our management.
‘I apologise to my Irish followers and followers world wide for the inconvenience and recognize all of your ardour and assist. I can’t wait to placed on the best all-time present within the Octagon.’
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