Conor McGregor is on the verge of lastly reserving his battle in opposition to fellow light-weight contender Michael Chandler, however there was a time when “Infamous” wished Charles Oliveira to attend round for a Purple Panty Evening.
Regardless of not competing since breaking his leg reverse Dustin Poirier again at UFC 264 in July 2021, McGregor stays the most important star in fight sports activities in the present day. Chalk that as much as his millionaire way of life and profitable crossover into Hollywood. The Irish celebrity is aware of keep related even when he isn’t doing the factor that made him well-known within the first place.
Fortunately, Chandler was keen sufficient to place his budding UFC profession on maintain to attend round for McGregor’s long-awaited return. It might have taken for much longer than anticipated and a few even consider Chandler wasted the prime years of his profession ready for “Infamous,” however the two fighters are lastly lined up for a conflict this summer season. The date and placement is but to be decided.
Earlier this week, Oliveira’s head coach, Diego Lima, revealed that McGregor had beforehand requested “Do Bronx” to attend round for his personal Purple Panty Evening. This was proper earlier than Oliveira fought Islam Makhachev for the UFC light-weight title at UFC 280 in Oct. 2022. Oliveira in the end declined the provide.
“Earlier than Makhachev, McGregor texted Oliveira telling him to attend, to not battle,” Lima instructed MMA Combating earlier this week. “They exchanged direct messages. McGregor despatched him a video coaching and working on the seashore.
“If we had waited for him, how lengthy would which have been? We’d be three years with no battle already. We are able to’t wait. We have to work.”
Whereas a matchup between McGregor and Oliveira would have been good to see this stuff have a manner of working themselves out. If Oliveira would have waited for “Infamous” to return from damage their battle would simply now be taking place. That’s loopy to assume and in the end a state of affairs that will have canceled out Oliveira’s memorable matchups with Makhachev and Beneil Dariush.
Thankfully, there’s nonetheless a window of alternative for the 2 fighters to satisfy. If Oliveira is ready to defeat Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300 subsequent weekend and McGregor is ready to get previous Chandler in his Octagon return, there can be an opportunity to revisit that matchup. Nevertheless, both fighter could go for a shot at Makhachev’s light-weight crown earlier than anything.
What do you assume? Will we ever get McGregor vs. Oliveira?
Let’s focus on!
