Former UFC two-division champion, Conor McGregor, needs to make his long-awaited MMA return reverse longtime light-weight veteran, Dan Hooker, early subsequent 12 months in Saudi Arabia and as you would possibly count on, the sensation is mutual.
No. 6-ranked light-weight contender Michael Chandler, who spent the higher a part of the final two years connected to a McGregor tremendous combat that by no means materialized, dismissed the growing older Hooker as McGregor’s “taste of the week.”
He might not like what UFC CEO Dana White needed to say concerning the potential pairing.
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“That will be an important combat,” White informed reporters ultimately evening’s “Contender Sequence” press convention in Las Vegas (watch it right here). “I like that combat.”
White insists the combat shouldn’t be official and has not been mentioned.
It’s exhausting to get enthusiastic about McGregor’s return after so many false begins; most notably, the UFC 303 pay-per-view (PPV) card that was torpedoed by a damaged pinky toe. Whether or not or not Hooker is the opponent to lastly lure “Infamous” again to the Octagon stays to be seen.
Chandler defeated Hooker by knockout at UFC 257.
