Fact Check: Are Conor McGregor Injury Rumors True? Is UFC 303 Press Conference With Michael Chandler and Dana White Cancelled?

Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler were scheduled to hold a press conference on June 3rd in Dublin. However, it seems that the promotion has unanimously decided to can͏c͏el the ͏event. ͏The promotio͏n to͏ok ͏to their Instagra͏m to announce th͏e ͏news and issued an ap͏olo͏gy to th͏e fans who had bought ͏tickets for t͏he press confere͏nce. It must be noted that the 3Arena, which reportedly had a capacity of 8000, was sold out to witness McGregor’s comeback, but there was nothing but disappointment. McGregor rarely cancels his press conferences and thus there are numerous rumors that the 35-year-old dodged the press conference citing injuries and party, but what is the truth?

The UFC official Instagram page announced, “The #UFC303 press conference scheduled for Monday, June 3rd in Dublin, Ireland at 3Arena has been postponed until further notice. We sincerely apologize to all the fans who were planning to attend. When we have further information on a new date and time, we will share it immediately. – Thank you.” After the news was announced, it spread like wildfire and the entire MMA lobby was against the former dual-weight champion for abandoning the conference.

This constant callout by the MMA community forced Conor McGregor to add a statement. The former dual weight champion took to his X handle to state, “In consultation with the UFC, todays press conference was cancelled due to a series of obstacles outside of our control. I apologize to my Irish fans, and fans around the world, for the inconvenience and appreciate all your passion and support. I can’t wait to put on the greatest all-time show in the Octagon.

‘The Notorious’ hasn’t yet revealed why the press conference was canceled. Still, the MMA community has their speculations about it, and one of those speculations is that Conor McGregor has sustained a minor injury, which is why he is running away from the press conference. The UFC legend Daniel Cormier is also worried about the recent developments as he warned the fans to be prepared for the worst.

“You know who Dana White doesn’t like letting down? The fans. When the press conference was canceled, you saw people on Twitter (X), people on Instagram speaking of having their travel, being prepared to go and watch, flying over to Dublin to watch a presser. That’s disappointment. So, to me, it feels like this is a big deal,” Cormier mentioned on the ‘Good Guy/Bad Guy’ podcast.

Regardless, some say that he is just hungover from back-to-back parties. A good chunk of netizens claim that McGregor is just throwing a tantrum. Well, we have no solid information about why the press conference was canceled. If we talk about the fight, then it is still on as of now. Well, what’s Dana White’s reaction to Conor McGregor partying? Let’s find out.

Dana White doesn’t give a damn if McGregor parties

We got enough news that Conor McGregor was partying instead of training for his comeback fight. This started a debate in the MMA community which stated that McGregor might cancel the fight as it came closer, however, Dana White would beg to differ. After the successful UFC 302, during the post-fight press conference, the UFC supremo was asked about his opinion on Conor McGregor.

White w͏as clear t͏hat ͏the f͏ight ͏w͏ou͏l͏d͏͏ happen no matter͏ wh͏͏a͏͏t. He ͏mentioned t͏hat Jon Jones ͏al͏ways͏ parties ͏be͏fore h͏is ͏f͏igh͏ts and never miss͏e͏s them͏. Similarly, Conor McGreg͏or w͏oul͏d n͏ot miss͏ ͏i͏t ͏͏eith͏e͏r.“We were talking about Jon Jones. Jon Jones was doing a lot of that stuff too back in the day and many other fighters throughout history. I don’t know what’s real on the internet and what’s not real on the internet. I don’t know timing-wise; in one of them he’s got a beard, in one of them he doesn’t have a beard. I have no idea, I don’t know if any of that is real or true or whatever. But Conor is not a dumb guy and this is obviously a big fight for him,” said Dana White

The fight will happen on June 29th, however, the cancellation of the press conference has raised some panic in the hearts of the MMA community. What are your thoughts on this? State your opinion in the comments below.