- Conor McGregor withdraws from UFC 303 after suffering an injury
- His three-year absence from the UFC will continue after his setback.
- Fans are now worried that the former two-weight champion will never fight again.
Fans have raised fresh concerns about Conor McGregor’s future in MMA after he pulled out of his UFC 303 fight with Michael Chandler on Friday morning.
Doubts were raised over the fight just under two weeks ago, when a scheduled press conference in Dublin was canceled just hours before it was due to take place, and McGregor appeared to hint that he was about to postpone the fight when he posted an old clip. of himself talking about injuries on Instagram on Thursday before deleting it.
Official confirmation came in the early hours of Friday morning in the UK that the fight was called off due to the Irishman’s injury, with Dana White announcing a world light heavyweight title rematch between Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka Now he will headline the poster at UFC 303.
MMA journalist Ariel Helwani has reported that UFC seeks to reschedule the fight for August or Septemberbut some fans now have serious reservations about whether McGregor will be seen in the Octagon again after a three-year break.
“I’m convinced McGregor will never fight again. What a disappointing man,” one fan posted on X.
Conor McGregor will not fight at UFC 303 after suffering an injury
His long-awaited fight with Michael Chandler (pictured) will no longer take place on June 29.
Some fans believe Conor McGregor’s career is over after he pulled out of the fight against Michael Chandler.
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McGregor has only fought four times in the UFC since November 2016, winning just one of those fights.
In his last fight he suffered a gruesome leg fracture in July 2021 against Dustin Poirier, forcing the referee to stop proceedings at the end of the first round.
Since then, the former two-weight champion has always insisted he will return, but his return was delayed last year because he needed to re-enter the USADA drug testing pool.
After accepting this, McGregor announced in late 2023 that he would face Chandler on June 29 to mark International Fight Week, and that date was later confirmed by the UFC.
But his showdown with Chandler has been postponed again, and some fans are convinced he will no longer face the American or anyone else before ending his career.
One fan wrote on X: ‘McGregor is absolutely finished. He simply retreats at this point.
This message was reiterated by another fan, who stated: ‘McGregor is finished.’
Some fans have called for McGregor’s retirement after the latest delay in his return
Dustin Poirier mocked his rival after his fight with Chandler was postponed
Despite not being seen inside the octagon, McGregor remains a popular figure on social media, and this week he mocked his old rival Poirier after the PPV numbers for his fight with lightweight champion Islam were released. Makhachev earlier this month. the public.
“500k PPV buy 302 facts”. A burger with nothing,” McGregor wrote.
Poirier responded just minutes after McGregor’s withdrawal was confirmed by brutally mocking his staunch rival while posting on X: ‘#NothingBurger’.
This is the first time McGregor has postponed a fight, and he has been known to continue with fights even when he has a previous injury.
But he turns 36 next month and, after another setback to his comeback plans, there are big doubts over whether he can ever be the force he once was.