Dana White is rolling out the red carpet for Conor McGregor‘s comeback. The UFC CEO recently made a huge announcement regarding a presser to promote the Irishman’s return. He revealed that McGregor and Michael Chandler will feature at a promotional event in Ireland.
Dana White took to X to share the news of this event. He revealed that this press conference would occur in Ireland just two days after UFC 302 concluded on 3 June. This press conference would be live and free to watch. This also marks McGregor’s return to Ireland for a UFC promotional event in many years.
We are holding a Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler press conference live and free on June 3rd at 3Arena.
Dana White via X
White was excited about this announcement. He revealed that UFC 303 had already broken records and was still going. McGregor remains the biggest pay-per-view draw in UFC history. The charismatic Irishman and his loyal “Notorious Army” helped put the UFC on the mainstream map.
The last time White visited Dublin was to drum up hype for McGregor’s 2017 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Conor McGregor‘s UFC return against Chandler could approach similar numbers. Nobody markets a fight and stays in the spotlight like the “Notorious.” The former champ-champ’s return has been in the making for three years.
Fans reacts to Dana White’s announcement on UFC 303 presser in Ireland
The MMA world is buzzing with Dana White’s announcement of a press conference in Dublin, Ireland. This is intended to promote Conor McGregor’s long-awaited return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303. Fight fans wasted no time voicing their excitement across social media.
Fight fans reacted to Dana White’s announcement (via Sports Illustrated)The major theme of the reactions centered around fight fans’ intense excitement for the upcoming event. The hype has reached stratospheric levels. Some fight fans believed this would be the biggest press conference in the history of UFC. Others were just happy to see McGregor’s comeback soon. Here are some of the reactions from fight fans:
what a matchup! Really looking forward to seeing Conor and Chandler bring their best to Dublin. This is going to be one for the history books! 🙌🏻
— Mellow Heights (@HeightsMellow) May 24, 2024
This is gonna be wild! Can’t wait to see McGregor back in action. Chandler’s no joke either. Should be a good one.
— Victoria Kay (@babevickycruz) May 24, 2024
I called it. I knew that the ‘big’ announcement McGregor was teasing was about this. Tbf this would be lit if we hadn’t already seen 1000 interactions between McGregor and Chandler. We’ve already see them talk shit on TUF etc. But nonetheless I will be tuning in for Notorious…
— The Combat Sports Matrixer (@TheCSMatrixer) May 24, 2024
Booking the 3Arena, with its over 9,000 capacity, demonstrated White’s ambition. When Conor McGregor fought Nate Diaz in 2016, their raucous Vegas presser had to be shut down after a bottle-throwing melee. Now, the electric atmosphere will get multiplied tenfold on Irish soil. As such, fight fans remain ready for fireworks when McGregor takes center stage.
