Former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor has confirmed his intentions to tune in to this weekend’s UFC 314 co-headliner between rival, Michael Chandler — and Paddy Pimblett, claiming he’s “” within the end result of the 5 spherical conflict.
McGregor, who was scheduled to snap a four-year hiatus from the Octagon final summer season, withdrew from a most important occasion battle at UFC 303.
Slated to headline the Worldwide Battle Week card, Dublin striker, McGregor pulled out of a welterweight battle with the above-mentioned, Chandler, citing a toe fracture within the weeks forward of the pairing.
But to return to motion within the time since his 2021 leg fracture stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier, McGregor has claimed he was “blissful” along with his profession in fight sports activities as just lately as final month.
Conor McGregor confirms plans to tune into UFC 314 co-headliner
However on social media this afternoon, the 36-year-old hinted his potential return might come towards both Chandler, or fellow former Cage Warriors featherweight kingpin, Pimblett — saying his plans to tune into the 5 spherical co-headliner in Miami, Florida.
I’m within the Chandler/Pimblett battle this weekend,” Conor McGregor posted on his official X account, accompanied by footage of himself hitting the pads in Dubai.
Lengthy-linked with a return to motion, McGregor has been sidelined since he shared the Octagon with former interim champion, Dustin Poirier in a trilogy rubber match again in 2021.
And coming unstuck towards the Lafayette striker for the second outing working, McGregor fractured his left tibia and fibula throughout a primary spherical trade, leading to a physician’s stoppage TKO defeat.
