Conor McGregor is able to present ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler that there are ranges to the struggle sport. Extra importantly, the Irishman needs to make it clear that the previous Bellator MMA champion is nowhere close to his.
After almost three years on the shelf following a devastating leg damage in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier, McGregor will return to the Octagon on Saturday, June 29 for a major occasion conflict with Chandler as a part of this 12 months’s Worldwide Combat Week in Las Vegas.
With their extremely anticipated conflict lower than two months away, you possibly can count on the trash discuss between McGregor and Chandler to start out choosing up. Mystic Mac’ received issues rolling on Monday, stating that at UFC 303, he’ll present the world what it seems wish to compete on the “very high” stage.
“There may be ranges and in 7 weeks and 5 days you’re gonna see the very, very high stage,” McGregor wrote on X. “This subsequent run is for the Clan!”
He shortly adopted up that put up with one other particularly focusing on his first opponent since July 2021.
“NOT ON MY LEVEL, NOT EVEN CLOSE,” McGregor added.
Can Conor McGregor recapture his previous glory contained in the octagon?
Conor McGregor’s stand up the featherweight ranks was actually a sight to behold. Going by a slew of powerful competitors, together with Max Holloway, Dustin Poirier, and Chad Mendes, the Irishman delivered a spotlight that can stand the check of time when he KO’d 145-pound GOAT Jose Aldo a mere 13 seconds into their UFC 194 headliner.
Lower than a 12 months later, he completed Eddie Alvarez in spherical two to win the light-weight title, changing into the UFC’s first-ever simultaneous two-division champion.
Sadly, McGregor’s meteoric rise to fame and fortune has already taken a lot of the blame for his abrupt downfall contained in the Octagon. After cashing in his chips to safe a crossover boxing match in opposition to Floyd Mayweather in 2017, McGregor has solely gained one struggle since his title-winning efficiency in opposition to Alvarez at UFC 205.
In fact, McGregor is doing simply effective away from the struggle sport. Earlier this 12 months he starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a remake of the 1989 motion basic Street Home which turned out to be a large hit for Amazon Studios.
McGregor additionally turned an element proprietor in Naked Knuckle Preventing Championship, including one more large enterprise to his rising portfolio.