American professional mixed martial artist Michael Chandler is making headlines for calling out Conor McGregor on the latest episode of WWE Monday Night Raw in Anaheim, California. This is not the first time McGregor has been challenged. New UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria challenged the Irishman during his UFC 298 post-fight interview.
McGregor has not appeared in any fights ever since he suffered a leg injury against Dustin Poirier in 2021 at UFC 264. Michael Chandler had also lost his last fight to Poirier at UFC 281 in 2022. Facing off against each other will give them both a chance to redeem themselves from their defeat to Poirier. Chandler has openly challenged McGregor to a fight.
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler Challenged Conor McGregor on WWE Monday Night Raw
Conor McGregor has not come out for any fights lately due to his leg injury, but he seems to be doing alright now if the training videos...
McGregor has not appeared in any fights ever since he suffered a leg injury against Dustin Poirier in 2021 at UFC 264. Michael Chandler had also lost his last fight to Poirier at UFC 281 in 2022. Facing off against each other will give them both a chance to redeem themselves from their defeat to Poirier. Chandler has openly challenged McGregor to a fight.
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler Challenged Conor McGregor on WWE Monday Night Raw
Conor McGregor has not come out for any fights lately due to his leg injury, but he seems to be doing alright now if the training videos...
- 2/20/2024
- by Ankita Shaw
- FandomWire
Mixed martial arts league Ufc, a subsidiary of Endeavor, has decided to postpone Ufc 249, originally scheduled for April 18, after sports cabler ESPN asked the organization not to go forward with its pay-per-view event.
“While the organization was fully prepared to proceed with Ufc 249, ESPN has requested the postponement of the event and subsequent bouts until further notice in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,” announced Ufc on Thursday in a brief statement. “Ufc looks forward to resuming the full live events schedule as soon as possible.”
ESPN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ufc president Dana White told ESPN said that it had been a “battle since Day 1” that he had been “fighting nonstop, all day and all night since this pandemic started to put on this event on April 18.”
“Today, we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney, and the highest level...
“While the organization was fully prepared to proceed with Ufc 249, ESPN has requested the postponement of the event and subsequent bouts until further notice in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,” announced Ufc on Thursday in a brief statement. “Ufc looks forward to resuming the full live events schedule as soon as possible.”
ESPN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ufc president Dana White told ESPN said that it had been a “battle since Day 1” that he had been “fighting nonstop, all day and all night since this pandemic started to put on this event on April 18.”
“Today, we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney, and the highest level...
- 4/10/2020
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
UFC president Dana White has finally capitulated to the realities of the coronavirus era.
While the NBA and NHL suspended their regular seasons, the NCAA canceled March Madness, Major League Baseball delayed Opening Day and soccer entities around the world scrapped matches, the MMA promoter insisted that UFC 249, the twelve-fight pay-per-view card on ESPN+, was a go.
White had already canceled three events in late March and early April, so he was doing everything he could to make Ufc 249, the April 18 event featuring an interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, happen.
The event was first scheduled at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with Ferguson facing the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov.
While the NBA and NHL suspended their regular seasons, the NCAA canceled March Madness, Major League Baseball delayed Opening Day and soccer entities around the world scrapped matches, the MMA promoter insisted that UFC 249, the twelve-fight pay-per-view card on ESPN+, was a go.
White had already canceled three events in late March and early April, so he was doing everything he could to make Ufc 249, the April 18 event featuring an interim lightweight title bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, happen.
The event was first scheduled at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with Ferguson facing the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- 4/10/2020
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Ufc chief Dana White said he was forced to scrap the planned Ufc 249 event on April 18 after top Disney and ESPN brass told him to “stand down.”
“Today we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney and the highest level of ESPN,” White told ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto in a video on ESPN.com. “The powers that be there asked me to stand down and not do this event next Saturday.” Despite the coronavirus pandemic continuing to spread across the globe, the mixed martial arts organization was planning to move forward and stage its next pay-per-view event at the Tachi Palace Resort and Casino in Santa Rosa, California.
“While the organization was fully prepared to proceed with Ufc 249, ESPN has requested the postponement of the event and subsequent bouts until further notice in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the company said in a statement. “Ufc...
“Today we got a call from the highest level you can go at Disney and the highest level of ESPN,” White told ESPN reporter Brett Okamoto in a video on ESPN.com. “The powers that be there asked me to stand down and not do this event next Saturday.” Despite the coronavirus pandemic continuing to spread across the globe, the mixed martial arts organization was planning to move forward and stage its next pay-per-view event at the Tachi Palace Resort and Casino in Santa Rosa, California.
“While the organization was fully prepared to proceed with Ufc 249, ESPN has requested the postponement of the event and subsequent bouts until further notice in light of the Covid-19 pandemic,” the company said in a statement. “Ufc...
- 4/9/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone is sick of waiting for Conor McGregor to ink a fight contract so they can brawl once and for all ... telling the Irishman, "Sack up, bitch. Sign the f*cking paper." Cowboy pulled no punches during an interview with ESPN's Brett Okamoto ... saying he's "annoyed" that Conor teased the fight on social media, but now he won't make a deal. Cerrone says he's been in talks with Ufc about fighting McGregor...
- 3/7/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Scary moment for several Ufc staffers -- who were robbed outside of the Ufc 224 host hotel in Brazil on Thursday ... so says Dana White. The Ufc honcho says multiple people working on the Ufc 224 event were shaken down for phones, wallets and passports. Miraculously, no one was injured, as first reported by ESPN's Brett Okamoto. White says local police were called to the scene and are currently investigating -- speaking with victims, witnesses and reviewing security footage.
- 5/11/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Ufc champion Conor McGregor is in police custody, hours after he was filmed committing an attack on other mixed martial arts fighters in Brooklyn Thursday.
According to the New York Daily News, McGregor may be charged with assault after turning himself in to the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn Thursday night. And NBC 4 in New York reports that McGregor will face a judge on Friday morning.
Earlier in the day, McGregor and an entourage rushed into a non-public area of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, and began throwing objects at a bus carrying several other Mma fighters who are set to duke it out Saturday at Ufc 223. The fighters had just finished a pre-fight press conference.
Part of the melee was captured on video and widely shared on social media soon after. In the clip, someone can be seen throwing a chair into a window. Another person, believed to be McGregor himself, was restrained while apparently attempting to do the same thing. Other people threw smaller objects at the bus.
yoooooo… first time seeing this one. Conor has legit lost his mind. pic.twitter.com/XcLFd2FIMo
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 5, 2018
Mma fighter Michael Chiesa sustained injuries to his face in the fracas, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Chiesa was scheduled to fight former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis during the pay-per-view event, but has since confirmed that his fight with Pettis has been canceled.
A decision was made by the New York State Athletic Commission to pull me from Ufc 223. I’m devastated to say the least. @Showtimepettis I hope to run this match up Asap, June 9th in your backyard. That’s all I have to say for now. Much love.
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 6, 2018
Also injured was fighter Ray Borg, who took a shard of glass to one of his eyes, according to sources cited by Ufc news site Mma Junkie. His scheduled fight with Brandon Moreno has also been canceled. In addition, Ufc yanked McGregor’s teammate, Arteem Lobov, from his bout with Alex Caceres.
McGregor’s motives for the rampage are unknown, but he has publicly raged about Ufc’s decision to to strip him of his belt and give it to the winner of a fight between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday. And early Thursday morning, McGregor tweeted “You’s’ll strip me of nothing you’s do nothing c—s.”
At issue is McGregor’s refusal to defend his lightweight championship title since winning the belt in 2016. He has demanded a higher payout to return to the octagon than Ufc has been willing to offer.
Read original story Ufc Star Conor McGregor in Police Custody After Caught-on-Video Rampage At TheWrap...
According to the New York Daily News, McGregor may be charged with assault after turning himself in to the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn Thursday night. And NBC 4 in New York reports that McGregor will face a judge on Friday morning.
Earlier in the day, McGregor and an entourage rushed into a non-public area of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, and began throwing objects at a bus carrying several other Mma fighters who are set to duke it out Saturday at Ufc 223. The fighters had just finished a pre-fight press conference.
Part of the melee was captured on video and widely shared on social media soon after. In the clip, someone can be seen throwing a chair into a window. Another person, believed to be McGregor himself, was restrained while apparently attempting to do the same thing. Other people threw smaller objects at the bus.
yoooooo… first time seeing this one. Conor has legit lost his mind. pic.twitter.com/XcLFd2FIMo
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) April 5, 2018
Mma fighter Michael Chiesa sustained injuries to his face in the fracas, according to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Chiesa was scheduled to fight former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis during the pay-per-view event, but has since confirmed that his fight with Pettis has been canceled.
A decision was made by the New York State Athletic Commission to pull me from Ufc 223. I’m devastated to say the least. @Showtimepettis I hope to run this match up Asap, June 9th in your backyard. That’s all I have to say for now. Much love.
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) April 6, 2018
Also injured was fighter Ray Borg, who took a shard of glass to one of his eyes, according to sources cited by Ufc news site Mma Junkie. His scheduled fight with Brandon Moreno has also been canceled. In addition, Ufc yanked McGregor’s teammate, Arteem Lobov, from his bout with Alex Caceres.
McGregor’s motives for the rampage are unknown, but he has publicly raged about Ufc’s decision to to strip him of his belt and give it to the winner of a fight between Max Holloway and Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday. And early Thursday morning, McGregor tweeted “You’s’ll strip me of nothing you’s do nothing c—s.”
At issue is McGregor’s refusal to defend his lightweight championship title since winning the belt in 2016. He has demanded a higher payout to return to the octagon than Ufc has been willing to offer.
Read original story Ufc Star Conor McGregor in Police Custody After Caught-on-Video Rampage At TheWrap...
- 4/6/2018
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Nate Diaz is finally ready to fight Tyron Woodley -- saying, "I see him on TMZ every week, talking about me. I'm like, 'What the f*ck?'" Diaz spoke with ESPN's Brett Okamoto and Nate was asked when we'd finally see him return to the octagon -- since he hasn't fought since the Conor McGregor rematch in 2016. That's when he brought up Tyron ... "I'm getting to the point where I'm sick of not fighting.
- 2/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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