‘They’re Trying To Keep Him Under Wraps’

Former UFC fighter Brendan Schaub has an attention-grabbing idea as to why Conor McGregor has nonetheless not been booked for his return.

McGregor has been rehabbing his broken leg however has been campaigning for a return for fairly a while. The Irishman has mentioned he can be returning in June in opposition to Michael Chandler, however up to now, nothing has been made official. Nevertheless, in line with Schaub, he believes the UFC is holding McGregor out of motion so he can’t attain free company and safe boxing fights on his personal.

“There’s extra to that story that we’re not getting,” Schaub mentioned, through The Mirror. “But it surely’s going be Worldwide Struggle Week, Conor didn’t pull that out of his a**. It’s going to be Michael Chandler…

I actually suppose Conor simply needs to do this one struggle after which bounce, and make all the cash combating Manny Pacquiao, Jake Paul, and Nate Diaz in boxing or MMA in their very own promotion in Dublin or wherever,” Schaub continued. “That’s what’s occurring there, UFC is making an attempt to, you recognize, do what they do, and hold him beneath wraps. So, we’ll see what occurs. To Dana’s defence, he additionally was like, ‘The explanation we didn’t announce the struggle is like he’s doing all this promo for his film.

“And he’s like, ‘To do a film tour promo, like, that takes all of your consideration. Now that that’s carried out, he’s going to go to a legit camp, and the struggle can be introduced.’ He’s like ‘We’re simply ready ’until this film, you, do their factor, after which we’ll piggyback on that and also you get a struggle announcement.’ So I’d assume we get a struggle announcement fairly quickly,” Schaub added.

It’s an attention-grabbing idea, because it has been reported that Conor McGregor is nearing the tip of his UFC deal. However, whether or not or not that truly is the case is unsure.

Dana White is unsure when Conor McGregor will struggle

Though Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler have each mentioned their struggle can be taking place in June, Dana White has shot that concept down.

In line with White, he says McGregor being as wealthy as he’s makes it onerous for the Irishman to need to compete.

“First drawback was that he broke that shin bone. He was recovering from that. That was one of many causes,” White mentioned after UFC 298. “The opposite drawback is he’s f*cking wealthy.”

Finally, many followers are hopeful that Conor McGregor can be returning this summer time in opposition to Michael Chandler.