Conor McGregor was going to fight Michael Chandler on 29 June. Then there was a chance he would not. Then there was a real chance he wouldn’t. Then no one had a clue. Then the fight was going ahead. Now, it is certain: The bout is off indefinitely.
The decisive factors in the ‘will-they-won’t-they?’ of McGregor vs Chandler, a fight 18 months in the making, have been kept behind closed doors, which only increased the rampant speculation over the fate of the UFC 303 main event. When a pre-fight press conference was cancelled just hours in advance on 3 June, with no explanation given by the UFC, McGregor vaguely hinted at “obstacles outside of our control”. And so, the rumour mill started.
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