Conor McGregor’s Hollywood action film role taken by British UFC fighter

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Conor McGregor was supposed to make his Hollywood debut in Vin Diesel's blockbuster sequel to the xXx movie. The featherweight champion was lined up to star alongside Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage His huge defeat to Nate Diaz prompted 'The Notorious' to pull out of filming to concentrate on preparations for the rematch against the Stockton fighter at UFC 200. It looks like Diesel hasn't wasted any time in recruiting another well known UFC fighter to, seemingly, fill McGregor's shoes in a film that also stars Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Donnie Yen and Rory McCann. British UFC posterboy Michael Bisping has been given role in the film which is a follow up to the hit 2002 film. https://www.instagram.com/p/BD4Db1AStdr/?taken-by=mikebisping Bisping is coming off a huge win against former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. There's talk of the Briton, who now lives in California, getting a shot at the title - but he is yet to find out who he will fight next. It's not the first time Bisping has been on the big screen. He starred in 2014 films Plastic and The Anomaly. Back in the day he also played a hard man in the Hollyoaks Later television series.