If Conor McGregor won’t fight Michael Chandler, UFC featherweight title challenger Elijah Topuria is ready to share the octagon with the Irishman after taking the championship belt from Alexander Volkanovski.
“Topuria vs. McGregor. UFC Spain,” the Spanish-Georgian fighter wrote on social media, commenting on McGregor’s announcement that he would not compete in the UFC 300 anniversary event.
On the eve of the former double champion of the UFC, commenting on the information about the conversation with the head of the organization, Dana White, made the following statement:
“Chandler vs. Moicano is now the main event fight of the UFC 300 tournament”
As a reminder, a featherweight title fight between Alex Volkanovski and Elijah Topuria will headline UFC 298 in Anaheim on Feb. 17, with UFC 300 taking place April 13 in Las Vegas. There is no information yet on the debut event of the world’s strongest league in Spain.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33528-iliya-topuriya-brosil-vyzov-konoru-makgregoru.html?rand=19907
