Conor McGregor finally has a date for his comeback fight.
Dana White celebrated a historic show at UFC 300ܫ by announcing his biggest star will return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303.
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🍬The UFC duo will fight at welterweight in Las Vegas on June 29.
ꦐWhite also confirmed two more highly anticipated bouts during his post-fight press conference at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
෴He said: "June 1, New Jersey PPV, main event Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier. Co-main event, five rounds, Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa. June 29, Conor vs Chandler."
‘Notorious’ hasn’t fought in MMA since suffering a broken leg⛄ during his trilogy fight with Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021.
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The 35-year-old has been fully fit and ready to return since his fight with Chandlerꦡ was officially announced before they filmed a series of The Ultimate Fighter together in February 2023.
McGregor left the UFC’s drug testing programဣ during his injury layoff, and it was originally thought that a six-month mandatory testing period was delaying his comeback.
꧑However, it soon became clear that something else was stopping him from returning to the Octagon when he still didn’t get a fight date despite signing up for the UFC’s new drug testing program.
White repeatedly stated that McGregor may never return to MMA and suggested that his £200 million net worth🌟 means he doesn’t have the desire to fight like he used to.
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Meanwhile, ‘Mystic Mac’ was venting his frustrations with MMA’s premier promotion in public and pleading with the powers at be to give him a fight date.
🍒For the past few weeks, McGregor has been busy promoting a film after starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Amazon Prime’s reimagining of the 1980s cult classic Road House.
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McGregor earned rave reviews for his acting debut, which he claims came with a small slice of history as he broke The Rock’s recordꦫ to become the highest-paid first-time actor ever.
🃏In an interview with , the UFC’s biggest star confirmed he has no plans to continue acting and expressed his desire to return to fighting.
꧙Both he and Chandler took to social media with positive updates about their fight but refused to reveal an exact date as the UFC clearly had a big plan to announce it at their biggest show ever.
♔White has now finally confirmed the fight is official and both men can begin their camps for UFC 303, which will take place during International Fight Week.
🍌Since the announcement, both men have reacted on social media.
ꦺOn Sunday evening, McGregor uploaded a voice note to X - formerly known as Twitter - and pretended to be scared about his return.
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He said in a funny voice: "We're going to fight right now? We're going to do this right now? Right here, right now?"
Chandler replied: "Conor, it's too late to be scared."
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