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Former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has predicted a stoppage win over incoming foe and former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor within just two rounds, as the pair gear-up for a massive June showdown – potentially at UFC 302 during International Fight Week.

Chandler, a former undisputed lightweight title challenger and current number five ranked lightweight contender, has been sidelined since he featured at UFC 281 back in November 2022, suffering an eventual third round rear-naked choke loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier. 

As for McGregor, the former undisputed lightweight champion and featherweight titleholder, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in an opening round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to the aforenoted, Poirier at UFC 264.

And confirming at the turn of this year how he’s planning a June 29. return at UFC 302 in the summer, McGregor claimed he would be fighting Chandler in his return to the Octagon – in a middleweight divisional bow for the pair. 

Michael Chandler predicts KO win over rival, Conor McGregor

Receptive to a clash at the middleweight limit, Chandler claims if he actually stands opposite McGregor on June 29. – he’ll finish the Dubliner inside just 10 minutes.

“It’s going to be a big car, it’s going to be fun, and I finish Conor (McGregor) within the first two rounds and after that probably end his career,” Michael Chandler said on his official YouTube channel. “There’s just to much more than what people thing about on the surface level. I want battlegrounds of epic proportions, I want to stand in the cage with that man, I want to break that man’s will, I want to break his jaw.

“I want to separate him from consciousness, completely flatline him inside the Octagon, and then we say farewell the sport’s biggest star,” Michael Chandler explained. “Then we can go about or merry way.” 

Who wins in a middleweight clash in June: Conor McGregor or Michael Chandler?

Former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has predicted a stoppage win over incoming foe and former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor within just two rounds, as the pair gear-up for a massive June showdown – potentially at UFC 302 during International Fight Week.

Chandler, a former undisputed lightweight title challenger and current number five ranked lightweight contender, has been sidelined since he featured at UFC 281 back in November 2022, suffering an eventual third round rear-naked choke loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier. 

As for McGregor, the former undisputed lightweight champion and featherweight titleholder, has been sidelined since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in an opening round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to the aforenoted, Poirier at UFC 264.

And confirming at the turn of this year how he’s planning a June 29. return at UFC 302 in the summer, McGregor claimed he would be fighting Chandler in his return to the Octagon – in a middleweight divisional bow for the pair. 

Michael Chandler predicts KO win over rival, Conor McGregor

Receptive to a clash at the middleweight limit, Chandler claims if he actually stands opposite McGregor on June 29. – he’ll finish the Dubliner inside just 10 minutes.

“It’s going to be a big car, it’s going to be fun, and I finish Conor (McGregor) within the first two rounds and after that probably end his career,” Michael Chandler said on his official YouTube channel. “There’s just to much more than what people thing about on the surface level. I want battlegrounds of epic proportions, I want to stand in the cage with that man, I want to break that man’s will, I want to break his jaw.

“I want to separate him from consciousness, completely flatline him inside the Octagon, and then we say farewell the sport’s biggest star,” Michael Chandler explained. “Then we can go about or merry way.” 

Who wins in a middleweight clash in June: Conor McGregor or Michael Chandler?

Michael Chandler unbothered by potential steroid use by Conor McGregor ahead of their headlining bout. 

After much anticipation, McGregor Vs.  Chandler was finally announced for June of this year. It has been an odd, and controversial, period in McGregor’s career and while his usual antics have taken place, there has also been a growing concern that McGregor has been using PEDs during his time out. 

However, Chandler does not seem too fazed about McGregor’s potential drug use – in fairness the pros of a McGregor fight probably outweigh the cons in this circumstance. 

Michael Chandler previews UFC 302 clash with Conor McGregor

Talking to TMZ Sport, Michael Chandler was asked about the former double-champs potential use of PED’s – in fact he looks at is a mental weakness.

“Not really,” Chandler told TMZ Sports. “You know I mean everybody is on their own journey and everybody has their different ways that they would do things. Obviously, I’ve always looked at [PEDs} as a crutch. If there was something that somebody would be able to take while they weren’t being drug tested, compared to when they were, to me that would be nothing but a mental hurdle to get over.”(H/T MMA Mania)

Chandler would also confirm that the bout was 100% taking place after some doubted McGregor’s less than professional announcement. Fans have also been treated to numerous promises and push-backs of the fight, but it actually seems like it’s happening.

“We all know it’s never 100 percent officially confirmed until we actually step in the Octagon, but obviously my team has been in touch with the UFC,” Chandler told ESPN. “June 29 is what I’m preparing for. I’m leaving my family [at home in Nashville] to head down to Florida to get into fight camp — the fight camp that has been looming now for a year.”

Who will win, Conor McGregor or Michael Chandler?

Expected to share the Octagon with former two-division champion, Conor McGregor at an earmarked UFC 302 event on June 29. – forme lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler claims the Dubliner will more than likely retire following their showdown.

Chandler, the current number five ranked lightweight contender, has been sidelined for over a year from active competition, most recently dropping a third round rear-naked choke submission loss to common-foe, Dustin Poirier at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.

Himself away from the sport since the summer of 2021, McGregor fractured his left tibia and fibula in an opening round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Lafayette native, Poirier in the pair’s heated trilogy rubber match. 

And confirming at the beginning of the year how he plans to fight Chandler at the middleweight limit of 185 pounds in his comeback fight, McGregor claimed he would feature in the main event of UFC 302 on June 29. during International Fight Week.

Conor McGregor predicted to retire after UFC 302

Ahead of the earmarked clash, however, Chandler claims he believes he’ll likely come as the final fighter to stand opposite McGregor in his professional mixed martial arts career.

“I do – I think I’ll be the last person [Conor McGregor fights],” Michael Chandler told ESPN. “I think he’s lost fights, but I think we haven’t really seen him be dominated. He was getting beat by (Dustin) Poirier and then obviously he had the injury. He got beat by Poirier the first time obviously, but I think I dominate him in a fashion that it’s almost as if he can keep trying to come back but he will have lost the fans’ interest so much more after I do to him what I’m going to do to him on June 29.”

Do you think Conor McGregor will end his career after UFC 302?

Former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler claims the possibility of him facing off with long-time foe, Conor McGregor at the middleweight limit is currently up in the air as far as he is concerned, however, he’s locked in for the possibility of a slated June 29. clash with the UFC star.

Chandler, the current number five ranked lightweight contender, has been sidelined since he featured at UFC 281 back in November 2022, suffering a third round rear-naked choke submission loss to Dustin Poirier in a rallying performance from the former interim champion.

Coming up on three years away from the Octagon, ex-two-weight champion, McGregor has yet to feature since he fractured his left tibia and fibula in a first round doctor’s stoppage TKO loss to Poirier at UFC 264 in the pair’s trilogy rubber match. 

However, over the course of last weekend, McGregor revealed he would be returning to the Octagon at an earmarked UFC 302 card during International Fight Week next – featuring on June 29. in a middleweight fight against The Ultimate Fighter 31 opposing coach, Chandler.

Michael Chandler confident of fighting Conor McGregor in June

And whilst the promotion have yet to officially comment or confirm the middleweight clash between McGregor and Kill Cliff FC staple, Chandler, the latter remains receptive to a clash at 185 pounds for the first time in his career, however, is not completely sold.

“I have a hundred percent confidence that I’m fighting Conor McGregor on June 29.” Michael Chandler told ESPN recently. “Ultimately, I’m 50-50 on it [a middleweight fight]. And ultimately, it doesn’t matter. I spent five weeks around Conor. I don’t care if he wants to fight at 185 [pounds], 170, 205, whatever it might be. You’ve got to remember: He doesn’t want to fight at 155 because he wants everybody to believe he’s bigger than he is. He, in his mind, can’t fight at 170, because I called him out at 170, therefore he’s doing what I said at 170.”

“So, he has to say 185, just like he did in the intro scene of The Ultimate Fighter telling me it was gonna be at 185,” Michael Chandler continued. “I don’t give a rip about what the weight is. … The UFC and Conor can figure that out and let me know what they’re thinking, and i can have an opinion on it. But as of right now, I couldn’t care less about the weight. The date and the opponent was all that matters.’ 

Who wins in a middleweight fight at UFC 302: Conor McGregor or Michael Chandler?