Former two-weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor still remains hopeful of fighting in December at UFC 296 – despite the fact the end-of-year event already has its headliner and co-headliner, urging Michael Chandler to sit and wait for him to make a comeback to boot.
McGregor a former undisputed lightweight and featherweight champion under the promotion’s banner, has been sidelined from the Octagon since he headlined UFC 264 back in July 2021, fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier.
As for Chandler, the one-time lightweight title challenger has himself yet to return since he suffered a third round rear-naked choke loss to the aforenoted, Poirier back in November of last year on the main card of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.