Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier join ‘Road House 2’ after Conor McGregor starred in original remake

The upcoming Road House 2 sequel from Amazon MGM has added several high-profile fighters to the cast starring alongside Jake Gyllenhaal after the original remake scored huge numbers after debuting on Prime Video.

In total, six professional fighters are joining the cast including UFC stars Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier, Michael ‘Venom’ Page and Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson as well as former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and GLORY heavyweight kickboxing champion Rico V erhoeven.

UFC veteran Jay Hieron is also returning for the sequel after he made an appearance in the original playing a fighter named Jax Harris, who fights Gyllenhaal’s character Dalton in some flashback scenes during the movie.  The film also stars former WWE superstar Dave Bautista and Aldis Hodge.

Deadline first reported the casting news.

In the original Road House remake that was released in 2024, UFC superstar Conor McGregor starred as Knox, who served as one of the primary villains in the film, but he’s not expected to return for the sequel. McGregor is currently training to hopefully make his return to the octagon at the UFC White House card planned for June 2026 with Chandler actually targeted as his opponent.

There’s no word yet on when production is expected to start on Road House 2, but the film is reportedly much bigger in scope and scale with filming taking places in numerous locations including the United Kingdom, Malta, and Savannah, Ga.

Many of the new cast members actually have past acting experience, especially Verhoeven, who actually had his own starring vehicle with the movie Black Lotus as well as an appearance in the recent sequel Den of Thieves 2. Woodley also has extensive acting roles in the past including appearances in Straight Outta Compton and the TV series Cobra Kai.

It’s not clear if filming for Road House 2 could potentially sideline any of the active fighters taking on roles in the movie. Chandler, Page and Thompson are all still currently competing in the UFC.

In the Road House remake, which is based on the Patrick Swayze starring film from 1989, Gyllenhaal plays an ex-UFC fighter who ends up working as a bouncer at a bar in Florida where he ends up battling with a local crime boss who is trying to eat up all the land so he can build an expensive resort in its place.