Chandler Reveals How Long He’ll Be Willing To Wait For McGregor

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler isn’t willing to wait much longer for word on Conor McGregor’s health status. Chandler’s stock has risen in a big way since a vicious knockout of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 earlier this year. H…

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler isn’t willing to wait much longer for word on Conor McGregor’s health status. Chandler’s stock has risen in a big way since a vicious knockout of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274 earlier this year. He called out McGregor, along with Charles Oliveira, following the victory. Chandler hasn’t given up hope…

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Chandler Targets Title Eliminator, Names Possible Opponent

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is looking to make his way back to the divisional gold, and he knows just the man to get him there. The name of the game throughout Chandler’s short tenure inside the Octagon has been violence, action, a…

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is looking to make his way back to the divisional gold, and he knows just the man to get him there. The name of the game throughout Chandler’s short tenure inside the Octagon has been violence, action, and entertainment. It’s hard to eliminate any of those three adjectives from the…

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Michael Chandler Reveals He’s Attempted To Secure Fight With Nate Diaz Next

Michael ChandlerOff the back of his spectacular second round front kick knockout win over Tony Ferguson back in May, Michael Chandler issued a slew of call outs from the Octagon, in search of his next foe. And now insists that he’s campaigned to share the spotlight with veteran welterweight, Nate Diaz continually.  Chandler, who featured on […]

Michael Chandler

Off the back of his spectacular second round front kick knockout win over Tony Ferguson back in May, Michael Chandler issued a slew of call outs from the Octagon, in search of his next foe. And now insists that he’s campaigned to share the spotlight with veteran welterweight, Nate Diaz continually. 

Chandler, who featured on the main card of UFC 274 back in May, called out the trio of Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje, and Conor McGregor initially – before eventually calling for a fight with the aforenoted, Diaz

“I’m there,” Michael Chandler tweeted at Nate Diaz, “July 30. 170lbs,” “Quick turn around. Spin your head on it’s axis. @natediaz209.”

“Hey, @natediaz209… shut up and stop complaining,” Michael Chandler tweeted. “Keep your mouth shut. Keep your head down until your daddy books a fight for you to get your sacrificial dome bounced off the canvas again. Maybe it’ll be me… if you’re lucky. See you at the top.” 

Still yet to secure the final contracted fight on his current UFC deal, Diaz had offered to make a three week or so turnaround at UFC 277 at the end of this month, however, still to no avail.

Nate Diaz has found himself in the sights of Michael Chandler

Sharing an update on the progress of his own next Octagon walk, Chandler confirmed that he had attempted to secure a fight with Diaz himself.

“I’ve been trying,” Michael Chandler replied to a Twitter user who urged him to land a fight with Stockton veteran, Diaz. 

Without a victory since 2019, Diaz who has been tirelessly campaigned for either a UFC release or the completion of his contract with the organization, has yet to feature since UFC 263 back in June of last year, where he suffered a unanimous decision loss to incoming title challenger, Leon Edwards in Glendale, Arizona.

Michael Chandler Reveals Failure To End Nate Diaz’s Layoff

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is interested in a fight with Nate Diaz for the Stockton star’s last potential fight in the Octagon. Chandler most recently knocked out former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson via a second-roun…

UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler is interested in a fight with Nate Diaz for the Stockton star’s last potential fight in the Octagon. Chandler most recently knocked out former interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson via a second-round head kick at UFC 274 earlier this year. He called for a rematch with Charles Oliveira following the…

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Dustin Poirier Addresses UFC 276 Row With Michael Chandler: ‘I Had Something To Say To Him’

Dustin PoirierFormer interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has revealed the reasoning for his notable verbal altercation with one-time vacant title chaser, Michael Chandler at UFC 276 earlier this month during International Fight Week – detailing how he wanted to confront the Missouri veteran. Poirier, a former interim UFC lightweight champion, headlined UFC 269 back in […]

Dustin Poirier

Former interim UFC lightweight champion, Dustin Poirier has revealed the reasoning for his notable verbal altercation with one-time vacant title chaser, Michael Chandler at UFC 276 earlier this month during International Fight Week – detailing how he wanted to confront the Missouri veteran.

Poirier, a former interim UFC lightweight champion, headlined UFC 269 back in December of last year, unsuccessfully prying the undisputed crown from former champion and common-foe, Charles Oliveira.

As for Chandler, the Kill Cliff FC trainee featured on the main card of UFC 274 back in May, rebounding from a first round defeat on three judge’s scorecards, to stop the veteran, Tony Ferguson with a brutal second round front kick knockout.

In the time since, as Oliveira prepares to likely land a vacant title fight against Islam Makhachev next, Poirier and Chandler have been linked to a title-eliminator before the close of the year.

As both remain receptive to a potential fight in the future, Poirier engaged in a verbal back-and-forth with the former Bellator star at UFC 276 earlier this month, forcing officials and security to intervene.

Dustin Poirier has retained a rather frosty relationship with Michael Chandler

Commenting on his fracas with Chandler, Dustin Poirier maintained that he wanted to say something to the former, and intended on confronting him.

“If I have something to say, I’m going to say it when the person’s present,” Dustin Poirier said of his altercation with Michael Chandler during an appearance on DC & RC. “That’s what you saw right there. I had something to say to him. And I got it off my chest. Told him (Michael Chandler) what I felt about him. And that’s it.” 

While Chandler has yet to openly discuss his altercation with Poirier, the #5 ranked contender has offered to face the aforenoted, Makhachev in a vacant lightweight title next – if Oliveira prefers to chase a much-rumored fight against former two-weight UFC champion, Conor McGregor.