Conor McGregor will have to make a huge 40lb weight cut in order to return at lightweight for his comeback fight with Michael Chandler later this year.
The legendary former two-weight champion announced his return to the UFC last weekend when it was confirmed he would face Chandler as a coach on season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter, with the pair to fight at the end of the series. It was expected the pair would move up from lightweight for the bout, but promotional boss Dana White has said that is not the case.
McGregor has been out of action since July of 2021, when he suffered a broken leg in the first round of his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier. Since then, he has taken on a massive bulk and is now over 195lb with most of that weight being muscle in an effort to prepare for a move up to welterweight.
