Conor McGregor has canceled all UFC 303 media obligations.
That features the UFC 303 press convention, which was anticipated to go down later this afternoon at 3Arena in Dublin, Eire. UFC CEO Dana White was already on the scene, together with the promotion’s broadcast companion, ESPN, suggesting that no matter drama occurred on Sunday will need to have been fairly vital.
Opponent Michael Chandler was reportedly grounded earlier than takeoff.
No remark but from any of the events concerned, together with McGregor, who additionally bailed on yesterday’s media commitments, in line with Solar Sport reporter Chisanga Malata. Take into account that “Infamous” has a historical past of closing up store at any time when issues don’t go his means, to the purpose the place he even pulled the retirement card forward of two main UFC occasions.
The present radio silence might counsel UFC remains to be working to type issues out.
With out an official rationalization, we will solely speculate as to what transpired behind the scenes. Fan theories embrace contract dispute, leg damage, and drug-testing points, simply to call just a few. Hopefully White and Co. can shed some mild on the way forward for the UFC 303 pay-per-view (PPV) important occasion, which has “means over” 20 million causes to remain intact.
Keep tuned.