The saga of Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler seems to be on Speedbreaker as their fight which was scheduled to happen on June 29th at UFC 303 is on doldrums. Why? Well, McGregor seems to be a bit confused about whether he wants to fight or not. After the UFC 302, Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler were supposed to have a press conference in Dublin on June 3rd but it was later canceled by the promotion without any clarification. A day after the cancellation, ‘Mystic Mac’ came forward to state that the PR was called off after due diligence.

Their clash has been a topic of discussion within the community, with many believing it will be called off soon due to the lack of comments from any stakeholders. Interestingly, after the cancellation of the press conference, the official UFC YouTube channel, which had uploaded some of Conor McGregor’s free fights in the build-up to their clash, made those vide͏os private.

To spice it up even more, the UFC has not uploaded the videos and even added a Chandler free fight video on their official channel. The confusion still exists. Nonetheless, Conor McGregor has come forward to bewilder the community even more as amid the chaos, ‘Notorious’ has uploaded a buffed photo of him with a caption that says, “Muscle for hire.”

The MMA community is now more confused, as despite not comm͏enting to the clash, McGregor is uploading buff photos of himself. Is he playing a mental game with Chandler and the community?

Fans react in confusion as Conor McGregor plays mind games

There’s a panic among the community as they are expecting McGregor to pull out of the game. Interestingly, Chael Sonnen is sure that it would not happen but Brendan Schaub believes that their clash is doomed, “But I have heard that the UFC is scrambling to find a main event,” said Schaub in his conversation on The Fighter and The Kid podcast

“Please dont pull out”

After the press conference was canceled, Chandler was kind of heartbroken as he took to X to state that life goes on. It is visible that Chandler was shaken by the cancellation. It must be noted that Chandler has been away from the fighting world for a year now and if this fight falls off it would be bad for him. A fan suggest state that McGregor might be playing a bit of mind games by doing these.

“He’s teasing Chandler at this point.”

Furthermore, a fan seems to be about excited for McGregor’s comeback. A bit of concern there.

“The king is back”

As mentioned before there’s a bit of panic among the MMA fans and it can be seen here as fans want to witness their favorite star back in the Octagon again.

“You have to fight bro, please. we all miss you”

Their clash is scheduled to happen at a ‘170’ lbs zone and both McGregor and Chandler will have to put on a significant amount of muscle to be that big.

“Proper Jacked and shredded”

Last but not the least, a fan seems to predicting the fight as he looks at a second round K/O victory for McGregor.

“KO inside 2 rounds for Mac”

Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler have been on crossroads now as either they will clash or not and the MMA community is not in a mood to let this fight not happen. Nonetheless, Whats your take on the entire situation? Do you think that the fight will work? State your thoughts in the comments below.