While Conor
McGregor is renowned for showing up on fight night no matter
the circumstances, he wanted to make sure that he will be 100%
healthy for his long-awaited Octagon return.
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In a post on social media, the Irish star revealed that a broken
toe forced his late withdrawal from the UFC 303
headliner against Michael
Chandler.
“Man we were so f—ing super ready for this fight, it is absolutely
gut wrenching to take,” McGregor wrote on Instagram. “I want that
new Bugatti! How I gone justify to myself getting that now without
banking these fights. We had a lapse in concentration and engaged
in a training session without wearing the full protective gear and
I hit the toe off the elbow and broke the toe clean. It needs a few
weeks that’s it. I couldn’t justify to my team, or fans, that I
make the walk hindered again. That walk has been seen.
“This next walk has got to be, and it will be, 100 percent Conor
McGregor. The fans deserve it and we are getting close. A
slight lapse in concentration and a nuisance of an injury was
picked up. That’s it. Take the lesson and move forward. I will get
this back. I’ve got to. I’ve got two fights left on my contract.
I’ve got Bugattis and more yachts on my mind. I’m coming to shine.
I gotta just take my time. Cause I still got yachts and Bentleys
and mansions and all the rest. Ya know yaself. But ya get me, I’ll
be back. See ya’s soon. See ya at the top. Chandler or not.”
While McGregor stated that he will only need a “few weeks” to
return to full health, there has been no indication from the UFC if
— or when — the bout with Chandler might be rescheduled. The former
two-division champion himself didn’t offer any guarantees that a
rebooking with Chandler is a certainty with his statement,
“Chandler or not.” However, McGregor also defended Chandler’s
decision to wait for a date with the UFC’s biggest star.
“Chandler is getting [10 times] of what his contract states for
other fights,” McGregor wrote on X. “Meaning he would need to fight
10 fights to make what he would make in this one. I’m the One.
“For those saying he could have fought [two] or [three] times by
now, etc. He’d need 10 to break even with this [check].”
Chandler is getting paid 10x of what his
contract states for other fights. Meaning he would need to fight 10
fights to make what he would make in this one. I’m The One.— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA)
June 21, 2024
McGregor hasn’t fought since breaking his leg in a loss to Dustin
Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. His last MMA triumph came in
January 2020, when he stopped Donald
Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246.
UFC 303 takes place on June 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
and is now headlined by a light heavyweight title rematch between
Alex
Pereira and Jiri
Prochazka.