The return of former two-division champion Conor McGregor has a date and placement.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced that McGregor will headline the June twenty ninth UFC 303 pay-per-view occasion towards Michael Chandler. The occasion takes place at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Chandler (23-8) has been sitting on the sidelines ready for McGregor to be able to step again contained in the octagon. Having final fought in November 2022, Chandler and McGregor coached reverse each other on The Final Fighter 31 final summer season.
McGregor (22-6) final fought in July 2021 in a trilogy bout towards Dustin Poirier. McGregor suffered a damaged leg within the remaining seconds of the opening spherical. Sidelined with restoration and performing obligations, McGregor’s return has been lengthy awaited.
“June twenty ninth, Conor versus Chandler,” White stated in the course of the UFC 300 Submit-Combat Press Convention. The battle will happen at 170 kilos.
There have been 4 different bouts introduced for the June twenty ninth Las Vegas pay-per-view occasion. The battle card additionally includes a girls’s strawweight bout between 14th-ranked Michelle Waterson-Gomez and Fifteenth-ranked Gillian Robertson. A featherweight bout between Andre Fili and Cub Swanson additionally takes place on the battle card. A flyweight bout between promotional newcomer Rei Tsuruya and Carlos Hernande has additionally been introduced.
