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20th Mar 2016

REPORT: Conor McGregor won’t be starring in xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage

Paul Moore

He’s focusing on a different cage.

Following his recent defeat to Nate Diaz, it seems that all of Conor McGregor’sĀ focus and time is being devoted to hisĀ UFC careerĀ and not on his rumoured appearance in the the upcoming threequel to Vin Diesel’s xXx franchise.

As we saidĀ before, The Notorious was heavily linked with a major role in the film but ESPN journalistĀ Brett OkamotoĀ has reported that the featherweight championĀ has put a temporary halt to his Hollywood takeover.

While it would have been really cool to see McGregor share the big screen with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson, it seems that The NotoriousĀ is totallyĀ committed to getting back to his very best and he won’t let any distractions get in his way.

Then again, maybe he’s just happy to let Cathal Pendred getĀ all of the attention following his recentĀ role in the upcoming Baywatch movie.

Main image via Vin Diesel

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