CONOR MCGREGOR's UFC showdown against Michael Chandler is OFF. The MMA superstar, 35, was due to make his long-awaited cage comeback against his fellow fan favourite on June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 in Las Vegas . 4 Conor McGregor was set to make his octagon return later this month Credit: GETTY 4 The Irishman was due to be welcomed back to the cage by Michael Chandler Credit: GETTY 4 But the Return of the Mac has been cancelled due to injury Credit: GETTY But their long-overdue dust-up - which was first announced last February - has fallen through due to an injury to the Irishman .
UFC CEO and president Dana White announced the cancellation of the card on social media, saying: "Alright, guys. Here I am again. "Conor McGregor is out of 303 versus Michael Chandler .
"The new main event is Alex Pereira - former, not only UFC middleweight champion, he's also the first fighter to wn middleweight and light-heavyweight titles in UFC history . "He also did it in the shortest amount of time. He did it in 736 days in 7 seven fights.
"He's finished seven of nine wins by knockout, which is a 78 per cent finish rate and won ten of his last 11 fights and he is facing former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka." Fears that the Return of the Mac could be off began to swirl last week after the UFC cancelled a press conference with their poster boy, Chandler and White. The cancellation of the presser came less than 12 hours before it was due to take place at Dublin's 3Arena.
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