Conor McGregor was absent from UFC 286 in London despite hinting he would be there to watch Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman’s welterweight title fight.
The UFC legend was expected to attend The O2 arena event to possibly call out the winner of Edwards and Usman’s title clash, but he failed to show up on Saturday evening. UFC president Dana White had confirmed they were saving a cage side seat for McGregor in their VIP section but that space was never filled.
McGregor had attended a St Patrick’s Day parade in Savannah, Georgia on Friday afternoon which meant he would have needed to jump straight on a plane to make the London event in time. In a recent interview, Notorious’ suggested that he will attend Edwards' clash with Usman on Saturday to size up his potential rivals.