{"id":415639,"date":"2026-01-15T23:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415639\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:22:08","slug":"conor-mcgregor-responds-to-dana-white-nixing-fight-against-michael-chandler-at-ufc-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/415639\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor responds to Dana White nixing fight against Michael Chandler at UFC White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Conor McGregor isn\u2019t sweating any particular opponent as he prepares to make his return to action for the first time in five years with hopes that he can compete at UFC White House in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The former two-division champion, who hasn\u2019t fought since suffering a broken leg in a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier in 2021, is adamant that he wants to fight at the card being hosted by President Donald Trump on June 14. While no matchmaking has actually taken place for the event, McGregor previously revealed he expected to finally settle the score with Michael Chandler after they previously coached against each other on The Ultimate Fighter, but never actually got the chance to meet in the octagon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">A toe injury suffered by McGregor in training prevented the fight from happening, but on Thursday, UFC CEO Dana White shut down the idea of rebooking the Irish superstar against Chandler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/466431\/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-vs-michael-chandler-wont-happen-at-ufc-white-house\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saying \u201cNo, that was a couple of years ago.\u201d<\/a> It didn\u2019t take long for McGregor to respond and it\u2019s clear his focus remains on the White House, Chandler or no Chandler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cPick who ya want!\u201d McGregor wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/2011913236715540500\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>. \u201cThe Mac sweats nothing and nobody. I\u2019m TASTY SHOTS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While White seemingly shot down McGregor vs. Chandler at the White House, sources told MMA Fighting the long awaited matchup is still on the UFC\u2019s radar, especially given the interest from both athletes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI think we\u2019re closer now than we ever have been,\u201d Chandler said. \u201cI\u2019ve always said if you\u2019re a betting man, don\u2019t put money on him necessarily coming back but now this changes things a lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIn my heart of hearts, I think I\u2019m fighting Conor McGregor at the White House and that sure does make a ton of sense for a multitude of reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Perhaps that has changed but either way, McGregor doesn\u2019t seem bothered by possibly facing a different opponent, although it\u2019s impossible to know for certain until the UFC White House card is finalized if Chandler is truly off the board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor isn\u2019t sweating any particular opponent as he prepares to make his return to action for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-415639","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-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415639","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=415639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}