With the confirmation of 's comeback bout against being , MMA fans have been left disappointed that their three-years worth of patience will have to be extended just a little bit further. However, there is one man who hasn't been left disappointed, and has tweeted in jest proving so, and that is the Notorious One's old rival, . 303 is just two weeks away, and has seen a from the one that was originally announced.
With McGregor and Chandler off, has stepped in on short notice to defend his UFC light heavyweight title against Jiri Prochazka, in a rematch from their UFC 295 bout, which was also set-up due to a postponement of a previous fight between and . Many fans were excited at the prospect of seeing McGregor back where he belongs, in the Octagon, following a three-year wait after his leg-break against Poirier, something which put a big pause in the combat sports career of the Irishman. Although he had been in and around the UFC since 2023, working on The Ultimate Fighter, this was his first real step back into the UFC world.
Finally, back in and among it, it meant a return of the entertaining, unpredictable McGregor, and this was something we had seen on X, with his personality coming to the forefront as he started to tweet more about the UFC. In one of his more recent tweets, he could be seen throwing shade at the amount of PPV buys for the last UFC event, 302, an event that was headlined by his former rival, Poirier. Dustin Poirier is the only man to knock Conor McGregor .
