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Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon will have to wait. The UFC announced Thursday that his fight against Michael Chandler will no longer headline UFC 303 on June 29 in Las Vegas due to injury. Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will defend his belt against Jiri Prochazka in the new main event, UFC CEO Dana White announced in a video. This would have been McGregor’s first bout since July 2021 when he lost via first-round TKO to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.
McGregor, a brash Irishman known equally for his charisma outside the cage as his skill set in it, is without a doubt the biggest superstar in mixed martial arts history. He has headlined the five best-selling pay-per-view sports events of all time, including his matchup with Dagestani star Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018 that drew 2.4 million purchases. He also fought boxing legend Floyd Mayweather in the ring in August 2017. The spectacle generated 4.
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