{"id":156987,"date":"2025-09-20T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156987\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:55:13","slug":"mcgregor-announces-opponent-for-ufc-white-house-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156987\/","title":{"rendered":"McGregor Announces Opponent For UFC White House Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With a massive event in the works for the White House lawn in June 2026, UFC is already in full planning mode. UFC CEO Dana White continues to coordinate with President of the United States Donald Trump to iron out structural planning and overall event logistics. The developments thus far have been incredible to say the least (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/390493\/video-dana-white-shares-stunning-visual-renderings-of-historic-ufc-white-house-event-total-washington-d-c-takeover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Of course, there is no UFC White House event without the actual fights. While the one-of-one fight card is still a work in progress it appears the biggest star in the sport is already penciled in for the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That fighter is none other than former UFC double champion, Conor McGregor, who claims that he\u2019s fighting former Ultimate Fighter rival, Michael Chandler, on the upcoming White House card. The two have some unfinished business dating back a few years and both seem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/390109\/its-on-michael-chandler-fighting-conor-mcgregor-at-the-white-house-according-to-the-voices-in-his-head\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ready to finally settle their beef<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThe Mac is excited to get back for sure. I\u2019m on [the White House card],\u201d said McGregor during a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HappyPunch\/status\/1969211805621797289\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fox &amp; Friends<\/a> (shown above). \u201cThis is me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201c[I\u2019m fighting] Michael Chandler. Michael Chandler and myself have done the show The Ultimate Fighter, we\u2019ve had a good back and forth. He\u2019s a good, tough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">McGregor, who has remained in the public eye for better or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2024\/11\/22\/24303337\/conor-mcgregor-loses-sexual-assault-lawsuit-jury-awards-victim-monetary-damages-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worse<\/a>, hasn\u2019t competed since suffering a nasty leg injury in a trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier all the way back in July 2021. That means by the time he competes on next year\u2019s UFC White House card he would have had a five-year hiatus from fighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Do you think McGregor vs. Chandler is the matchup to make for this monumental event?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a massive event in the works for the White House lawn in June 2026, UFC is already&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-156987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}