Conor McGregor Fallout Forces Dana White to Call on Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka 2 to Save UFC 303

Allan Binoy | 14/06/2024
Conor McGregor Fallout Forces Dana White to Call on Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka 2 to Save UFC 303

Conor McGregor is officially out of UFC 303! The McGregor vs Chandler fight has been called off for UFC 303, which will now be main-evented by a rematch between Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochaszka.

UFC president Dana White just announced that the McGregor fight was off owing to an injury suffered by the Irishman. The Pereira-Prochaszka fight will now be the highlight of International Fight Week. The highly awaited rematch will have the light heavyweight title on the line with the Czech fighter looking to exact revenge.

With Conor McGregor out, Dana White had to come up with a blockbuster fight to salvage the UFC 303 card, which was heavily dependent on the return of the Mystic Mac. White did not disappoint and announced the news on X in a video.

The UFC President is on repair mode, trying to salvage the card,

“Conor McGregor is out of 303 vs. Michael Chandler with an injury…The new main event is Alex Pereira….he is facing former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jiri Prochazka.”

 

Dana White announced the co-main event of UFC 303 will be Brian ‘T-City’ Ortega, taking on Diego Lopes for a featherweight clash.

The UFC 303 card is still stacked, especially now that it has a title fight as the main event. Alex Pereira wanted to return to action immediately after UFC 300, and so it looks like he finally gets his wish.

However, given that White seemingly knew about the issue for weeks and still continued with the ticket sales, has fans angered.

UFC fans are not happy with Dana White as McGregor skips UFC 303

Dana White is at the receiving end of a lot of hatred from UFC fans. One fan called him out for letting fans book tickets and hotel rooms despite knowing about McGregor’s injury two weeks ago,

“Wow so the rumors from 2 weeks ago were true and you allowed fans to still buy tickets and book flights and hotels? You rock!”

Another fan shared a screenshot of his ticket for UFC 303 and was extremely disappointed,

“this is the worst news ever dana i can’t believe this”

Another spoke about how he felt bad for the fans who bought tickets to the fight already. Although UFC 3o3 broke gate records, the prices for the tickets were extremely high,

        “Feel bad for people that bought tix already”

However, it was not all criticism. Few and far between, there were some who praised Dana White and Alex Pereira for saving the UFC 303 card,

        “Actually really good replacement fights. Pereira vs Jiri 2 is going to be a barn burner.”

 

Overall, the fans have given mixed reviews regarding the new card. While some consider it an upgrade from the previous card, others are sad to see an injury sideline Conor McGregor again.

Post Edited By: Smrutisnat Jena
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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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