Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 has been canceled, per Dana White.
The new main event is Alex Pereira vs. Jiří Prochazka for the light heavyweight title.
McGregor vs. Chandler will be re-booked later this year. The fight has been pushed because McGregor suffered an injury right before last week’s press conference in Dublin.
Everyone involved - the UFC, McGregor, Paradigm - did everything in their power to save this. It didn’t look good initially, then it didn’t, then it did and finally it didn’t. The plug was officially pulled a little less than 48 hours ago.
There weren’t a ton of options. Pereira x Prochazka was always a top choice, feelers were sent last week, but there were hurdles: mainly, Pereira is in Australia on a seminar tour and is getting over a couple broken toes. But he stepped up. Again. Prochazka was in right away.
And so it’s set.