A U.F.C. pay-per-view card isn’t full with out on replace on the corporate’s greatest star, Conor McGregor.
This weekend marks two years for the reason that brash Irishman final fought within the octagon, when he broke his left leg within the first spherical of a struggle in opposition to Dustin Poirier. Since then, McGregor has recovered and launched a Netflix documentary and based a brand new stout beer. However amid his new enterprise ventures, McGregor’s return to preventing continues to be unclear.
He served as a coach for the present season of “The Final Fighter,” a actuality tv match the place potential fighters compete for a U.F.C. contract. McGregor’s presence allowed for this season’s program to be aired weekly on prime time on ESPN, an unusually favorable slot for the present.
As is custom, the opposing coaches are speculated to struggle one another, that means McGregor ought to face the Michael Chandler, the No. 5 ranked light-weight contender. However a bout has not been scheduled. Dana White, the U.F.C. president, mentioned McGregor has but to enter america Anti-Doping Company testing pool, which is required for U.F.C. athletes.
White mentioned he’s assured the struggle with Chandler will occur, however is unsure of the timing.
“It’s only a matter of when,” White mentioned in an interview. “We’re engaged on it. Clearly it’s an necessary struggle coming off ‘The Final Fighter,’ which is airing on ESPN, so we’ll get this performed.”