UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is certain about this. “The sport is better, and the organization and our lightweight division is better when Conor McGregor is part of it,” Chandler told TMZ . “That being said, he needs to come back at the right time.” When that will be is anyone’s guess now that it’s been a full year since McGregor broke his leg in an injury TKO loss to Dustin Poirier last July. McGregor has shown to be active in recent months , constantly posting videos of himself on social media both training and partying . But as the second half of the 2022 UFC pay-per-view slate continues to fill up, it looks unlikely that McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) will return to the octagon this year. A fight for the vacant lightweight title is set for October 22 at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, so you can count McGregor out of that after former champion Charles Oliveira entertained talk of facing McGregor .
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