Dana White has been teasing the MMA community with several announcements lately. The UFC CEO through his recent outings has breathed life into the tumultuous comeback of Conor McGregor. Initially, the UFC head honcho asserted that the promotion would not be taking McGregor seriously until he gets himself better after the UFC 300 fiasco and even declared that McGregor might not come back to the Octagon by the end of this year. However, despite all the hubbub, Dana White appears to have news and alongside Michael Chandler, Charles Oliveira is excited about it as well. Intriguing, isn’t it?
On August 29th, UFC CEO Dana White took to his Instagram to have a live session with his fans. It raised excitement among the fighting fans as they were expecting some valuable insights from the bossman and that’s what they got as well. Dana White dropped a nuke of excitement on the top of the fans when he announced that the promotion would soon have announcements involving McGregor, Charles Oliveira, Alexander Volkanovski, and Michael Chandler.
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This statement got a flurry of reaction from the fans and among them were Michael Chandler, Conor McGregor, and Charles Oliveira. As soon as the UFC CEO teased the super fight, McGregor took to his X handle to add a wink emoji to it. Michael Chandler took to his socials and raised the excitement bar even more as if the announcement was not enough, “I cant wait until you see what we have cooking.”
Well, when a fan asked Oliveira a question, “I NEED to see this again before the end of the year @CharlesDoBronxs'” The former lightweight champ said, “Soon and you gonna be surprised”
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Daniel Cormier’s honest take on the announcement
“We talked about Conor today. We got Conor news coming up. We’ve got Conor news coming up, we’ve got (Charles) Oliveira news coming up, we’ve got (Michael) Chandler news coming up, we’ve got Max Holloway news coming up, all that good sh-t coming soon,” said Dana White on his Instagram live. The magnitude of the announcement is huge in itself as the fight could potentially revive the lightweight division’s aura.
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The former light-heavyweight as well as heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier took to his YouTube handle to give his honest opinion, “Dana White made a big announcement yesterday talking about he’s got big fights coming up for Chandler, Volk, Charles, and Conor, surprisingly. He said that Conor was not gonna fight in this calendar year. Still, there is no card for December. Vegas is where the fight card will take place in December. Conor McGregor needs to fight in Vegas. He will fight Michael Chandler seemingly. So, it seems as though when the boss went public instead and started to say, ‘Well, this guy is not fighting’, it almost lit a fire in Conor McGregor. It seems like we’re getting closer and closer.”
Will there be a fight between Conor McGregor, Michael Chandler, and Charles Oliveira? Well, time will tell. Regardless, what’s your take on the hubbub? State your thoughts in the comments below.
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