Michael Chandler is about to seem at UFC 303 tomorrow night time in ‘Sin Metropolis’ regardless of the cancellation of his conflict with former duel-weight champion, Conor McGregor – and claims a grudge match between himself and the Dubliner will happen “faster” than anticipated.
Chandler, the present quantity six ranked light-weight contender, was scheduled to headline UFC 303 tomorrow night time throughout Worldwide Combat Week – taking on the previously mentioned, McGregor in a welterweight clash.
Nonetheless, earlier this month, Chandler was formally faraway from the cardboard, with McGregor confirming how a fractured toe on his left foot had forced him to cancel his hiatus-snapping return – spanning three years.
And regardless of initially exhibiting curiosity in a symbolic BMF championship combat with would-be common-foe, Max Holloway, MIssouri native, Chandler is about to play the ready sport on a combat with McGregor.
Michael Chandler supplies replace on Conor McGregor combat
Offering an replace on the standing of his conflict with the ex-champion sooner or later – amid claims from Dana White that McGregor wouldn’t function sooner than October this yr, Chandler, who is about to satisfy with organizational officers tonight, revealed the bout might come to fruition prior to individuals anticipate.
“It’s a bittersweet weekend, however we’re having a very good time, and we should always hopefully be off hiatus faster than individuals assume,” Michael Chandler informed John Morgan. “I’ll let you know what, I do like to combat, however I’m a really affected person man. And fortuitously, my life is such that I’ve performed so many issues exterior of simply combating that I’ve been in a position to sit out, be affected person, nonetheless obtained work exterior combating. [I] stayed busy the final yr and a half, and this one didn’t come to fruition.”
“We’re gonna keep affected person – we’re not gonna let him (Conor McGregor) off the hook,” Michael Chandler defined. “I prefer to say, ‘We’re not gonna let him off the hook.’ Talks are taking place between me and the UFC, I’m assembly with them tonight really. I do know Conor is gonna be prepared to come back again quickly, ‘trigger it’s only a pinky toe {harm), so we’ll see.”
Who do you assume wins in a future combat: Michael Chandler or Conor McGregor?
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