Former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor is requesting help from Saudi Arabia's Turki Alalshikh to book his return.

The closest we got to a potential return for Conor McGregor was the UFC 303 main event booking against Michael Chandler this past summer. And, well, as we now know, that wasn't meant to be. Then last week Chandler moved on to a different fight,

According to Conor McGregor, he’s been waiting for a fight date, but he lost his expected opponent Michael Chandler to Charles Oliveira.

Michael Chandler made it clear Thursday that he isn't pointing the finger at Conor McGregor over the fact that their fight originally scheduled for UFC 303

Michael Chandler has no regrets. It’s been nearly two years since the UFC first teased a potential scrap between Chandler and former Irish megastar Conor McGregor. Since then, we’ve seen the two stars compete on a season of The Ultimate Fighter and even book a main-event showdown for UFC 303 in June.

Former UFC fighter Ben Askren has described Conor McGregor as an addict. McGregor’s UFC career has derailed since his UFC 264 defeat against Dustin Poirier in 2021. That was the third loss of his last four UFC fights as he suffered a broken leg.

Michael Chandler has full confidence that Conor McGregor will eventually return to compete again and he also fires back at fighters who criticized him for waiting for that matchup as long as he did.