Eddie Alvarez isn’t interested in the trilogy with Michael Chandler. Alvarez and Chandler had a legendary fight in 2011 with Chandler earning a fourth-round submission to become the champion. The fight was also voted as the Fight of the Year by m…
Eddie Alvarez isn’t interested in the trilogy with Michael Chandler. Alvarez and Chandler had a legendary fight in 2011 with Chandler earning a fourth-round submission to become the champion. The fight was also voted as the Fight of the Year by many outlets. The pair then had a rematch two years later with Alvarez winning […]
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is the Bellator featherweight and lightweight Champion. Holding titles in MMA, let alone two divisions in a promotion like Bellator is no easy feat. However when his name was brought up to Dana White after last wee…
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire is the Bellator featherweight and lightweight Champion. Holding titles in MMA, let alone two divisions in a promotion like Bellator is no easy feat. However when his name was brought up to Dana White after last weekend’s UFC event in Las Vegas, White didn’t really have any thoughts on the dual Bellator […]
Michael Chandler is currently a free agent, and though Bellator president Scott Coker is uncertain whether his former lightweight champion will compete in the promotion again, he has some plans for Chandler if he re-signs. Following Michael Chandler’s …
Michael Chandler is currently a free agent, and though Bellator president Scott Coker is uncertain whether his former lightweight champion will compete in the promotion again, he has some plans for Chandler if he re-signs. Following Michael Chandler’s KO victory over Benson Henderson at Bellator 243, Chandler victory lap included a frolic into free agency. […]
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is testing free agency, but it looks like he has his eyes on a fight with Dustin Poirier in the UFC. Chandler is a three-time Bellator lightweight champion who is on a two-fight win streak at the mo…
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is testing free agency, but it looks like he has his eyes on a fight with Dustin Poirier in the UFC. Chandler is a three-time Bellator lightweight champion who is on a two-fight win streak at the moment since dropping the 155-pound strap to Patricio Freire in May of […]
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has got fans excited by hinting at a fight against former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier. Chandler is currently a free agent after finishing up his deal with long-time employers Bellator. The 34-year-old picked up an impressive first round knockout win over former UFC champion Benson Henderson at […]
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler has got fans excited by hinting at a fight against former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier.
Chandler is currently a free agent after finishing up his deal with long-time employers Bellator. The 34-year-old picked up an impressive first round knockout win over former UFC champion Benson Henderson at Bellator 243 on August 7.
Since then Chandler has spoken with excitement about potentially signing for the UFC and fighting the likes of Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Justin Gaethje. Chandler even suggested he would easily beat ‘Notorious’ and would do so inside two rounds, he said.
“As far as that fight goes, I finish Conor in under two, in my opinion. It’d be similar to, shades of (Nate) Diaz I. Wear him down, hit him with hard shots – hard, hard shots. Take every single one of his shots. He’s got that sneaky and strong and thick and hard left hand that he throws, and it’s straight. You avoid that, wear him down a little bit, make him see Jesus. Just put him out.”
The likelihood of that happening was improved over the weekend when UFC boss told reporters he would love to meet with Chandler to discuss and try to bring him on board.
‘Iron’ continues to hype up his potential UFC run and did so again on Wednesday by hinting at a fight with Poirier. Check out the Twitter post from Chandler below…
Poirier is currently looking for a fight after returning to the win column in epic fashion last time out. ‘The Diamond’ picked up a decision win over fellow lightweight contender Dan Hooker in one of the best fights 2020 has had to offer.
Do you want to see Michael Chandler square off against Dustin Poirier in his UFC debut?
UFC president Dana White is seemingly open to the possibility of signing lightweight Michael Chandler. Chandler is now a free agent after completing the last fight of his Bellator deal when he knocked out Benson Henderson earlier this month. While he could easily re-sign with Bellator as he has done in the past, it seems […]
UFC president Dana White is seemingly open to the possibility of signing lightweight Michael Chandler.
Chandler is now a free agent after completing the last fight of his Bellator deal when he knocked out Benson Henderson earlier this month.
While he could easily re-sign with Bellator as he has done in the past, it seems like Chandler is targeting a move to the UFC with many observers believing it is now or never for the 34-year-old to join the Las Vegas-based promotion.
White certainly believes he has earned the opportunity as he revealed he would love to meet up with Chandler.
Chandler is a three-time Bellator lightweight champion and regarded by many in the mixed martial arts world to be one of the best fighters to have never competed for the UFC.
He boasts a 21-5 professional record and holds notable wins over the likes of Eddie Alvarez, Henderson, Brent Primus, Patricky Freire and Goiti Yamauchi among others.
Perhaps now he may finally get his chance to prove he is one of the best in the world and can match up well with the elite of the UFC’s lightweight division.
Do you think we will see Chandler in the UFC? How do you think he’ll fare?