[ad_1]
Ireland’s Conor McGregor walks around the octagon before his lightweight bout against: Dustin Poirier during UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 at T-Mobile Arena on July 10, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stacy Revere/Getty Images/AFP)
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor will compete with Michael Chandler lightly as a coach in the next season of “The Ultimate Fighter” – then the box is dead against McGregor’s return to the promotion.
UFC president Dana White said in a video posted to social media on Saturday that the date and venue of the bout will be announced at a later date. The McGregor-Chandler fight will be a pay-per-view event on ESPN+, he said.
“The Ultimate Fighter,” going into its 31st season, will begin on May 30 and end on August 15. This is McGregor’s second turn as a TUF coach, having previously coached in 2015.
McGregor, a former lightweight and featherweight champion, has a career record of 22-6. He last fought on July 10, 2021, in a rematch against Dustin Poirier and broke his left leg.
The 34-year-old has won just one of his past four fights, knocking out Donald Cerrone in the first round by knockout on January 18, 2020.
He lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov by submission on October 6, 2018, and Poirier on January 23, 2021.
Chandler (23-8) won three Bellator lightweight championships before moving to the UFC in 2021. Chandler, 36, has won just two of his five UFC fights.
He lost to Poirier in November 2022, to Justin Gaethje the previous November and to Charles Oliveira in May 2021. He defeated Tony Ferguson in May 2022 and Dan Hooker in his UFC debut in January 2021.
RELATED STORY
Your subscription cannot be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.
Read Next
Subscribe to INQUIRER PLUS to get access to The Philippine Daily Inquirer & 70+ other titles, share up to 5 gadgets, listen to news, download from 4am & share articles on social media. Call 896 6000.
For suggestions, complaints, or questions, please contact us.
[ad_2]
Source link