UFC star Conor McGregor has bowed out of UFC 303 due to an undisclosed injury, according to reports.
McGregor was scheduled to headline the pay-per-view bout on June 29, and his cancellation is obviously a sudden and unexpected blow to the event.
UFC chief Dana White announced McGregor’s cancellation Thursday in a post on X, adding that light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will face top-ranked challenger Jiri Prochazka instead.
McGregor was preparing to face Michael Chandler, the sixth-ranked lightweight challenger, Newsday reported.
In retrospect, the cancellation is not a surprise after McGregor’s June 3 press conference was canceled without explanation.
The 35 year-old McGregor, who is still a big-name draw for the UFC, has not jumped into the octagon for three years.
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