Conor McGregor’s return is again in limbo after the UFC introduced on Saturday that his longtime opponent Michael Chandler can be preventing Charles Oliveira subsequent in November as an alternative of “The Infamous.” That leaves McGregor with no date or a reputation. In different phrases, it leaves him with nothing.
The one factor McGregor is getting from the UFC nowadays is a number of drug testing. Throughout a BKFC press convention on Friday night time, the Mac famous that he’d simply been known as on by Drug Free Sport Worldwide once more, earlier than saying he had requested boxing energy dealer and Riyadh Season organizer Turki Alalshikh’s assist in serving to him get again within the cage.
“I’ve been examined greater than twice these different athletes, but I wrestle to get a date,” McGregor mentioned. “So I’ve talked to Sheikh Turki and I’ve mentioned, ‘Sheikh Turki, are you able to help me right here?’”
McGregor has been eligible to struggle since April 2024 however has discovered it tough to get a date locked down with the UFC. When he lastly bought a June twenty ninth date at UFC 303 in opposition to Michael Chandler, a damaged toe compelled him off the cardboard. Regardless of it being a minor damage, the UFC hasn’t rushed to rebook the struggle. Simply dangerous timing or is there one thing else occurring?
“So far as Chandler rematching Oliveira, I’m proud of the date, it’s November,” McGregor mentioned. “Perhaps we will nonetheless do it after, in the event that they’re not going to line me up till December or January or February, one in every of these dates. Perhaps we will nonetheless do it. I’m only a bit out of the loop with it.”
“All I can do is keep on doing what I’m doing. I check beneath the testing administration. I prepare every day. And … you understand, that’s it. Let’s see what occurs. Hopefully all of it involves fruition.”
And if the UFC is unwilling to guide him, possibly they’ll let him do one thing else within the meantime? They received’t, however McGregor urged it’d be good.
“I’d love possibly an exemption, or possibly a joint partnership,” he mentioned. “Naked Knuckle / UFC, much like McGregor Sports activities & Leisure / Mayweather Promotions. Some form of settlement the place we will get busy. I should be busy and proper now I’m working to get there.”
“So let’s see what occurs. Like I mentioned, I’ve bought two fights left on the contract and it’s taking a minute, you understand? Persistence is likely one of the most essential abilities an individual can possess. Examine, be taught, and implement. And that’s the place I’m at proper now.”
That’s eerily much like one thing Michael Chandler mentioned as he rode the pine ready for the McGregor struggle to pan out. Now McGregor is alone on the bench, and who is aware of for a way lengthy.
