Conor McGregor insists his combating profession isn’t over whilst fan sentiment continues to show in opposition to him.
A minimum of that’s in line with the response to McGregor’s newest declare that he will only return to fighting if he’s booked for a stadium event and that he nonetheless has “unfinished enterprise” with longtime rival Michael Chandler.
In response to a clip from WWE’s annual WrestleMania spectacle, which came about at 65,000-seat Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas this previous weekend, McGregor tweeted “I’ll solely come again to a stadium” earlier than later reigniting the flames of a possible Chandler battle. The 2 have been tied to a possible matchup for years, with Chandler repeatedly calling McGregor out, teaching reverse McGregor on The Final Fighter 31, after which having a scheduled battle fall by way of at UFC 303 this previous June as a result of a McGregor damage.
McGregor has not fought since breaking his leg in a battle in opposition to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. His return has been sophisticated by damage, enterprise and leisure ventures, political aspirations in his native Eire, and a variety of authorized points together with being discovered answerable for sexual assault this previous November in relation to an incident that occurred in Dublin in 2018.
Suffice to say, followers aren’t precisely champing on the bit for the previous two-division UFC champion’s subsequent battle (if it ever occurs). Take a look at among the greatest reactions from the neighborhood under.
