Seeing a long-anticipated grudge match with ex-champion, Conor McGregor shelved late final month, Michael Chandler seems to be welcoming all comers subsequent – now providing to tackle Nate Diaz on the Las Vegas Sphere in the primary occasion of UFC 306.
Chandler, who presently holds the quantity six ranked light-weight challenger, has been sidelined for the final two years from the Octagon, dropping a 3rd spherical rear-naked choke submission defeat to Dustin Poirier at Madison Sq. Backyard again in 2022.
As for Diaz, the UFC veteran made his return to fight sports activities over the course of final weekend in his native California, taking up fellow promotional alum, Jorge Masvidal in an expert boxing rematch, taking dwelling an in depth majority determination win over the course of 10 rounds in Anaheim.
And remaining dedicated in his pursuit to tackle McGregor following his exit from a UFC 303 comeback on the finish of final month, Chandler claimed he was assured a grudge match with the Dubliner will occur “faster” than critics assume.
“It’s a bitter candy weekend, however we’re having a great time, and we should always hopefully be off hiatus faster than individuals assume,” Michael Chandler stated. “I’ll inform you what, I do like to struggle, however I’m a really affected person man. And by chance, my life is such that I’ve executed 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 12 months 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 truly. I do know Conor is gonna be prepared to come back again quickly, ‘trigger it’s only a pinky toe {damage), so we’ll see.”
Michael Chandler provides to struggle Nate Diaz
Nonetheless, with a bout nonetheless caught on skids amid McGregor’s newest household trip to Switzerland, Chandler has supplied to tackle Diaz in a large showdown at Noche UFC in two months time.
“Sit down, Ron…,” Michael Chandler replied to a person on his official X account. “Higher thought – me and @NateDiaz209 struggle like two males whereas Conor sits on a yacht and watches on PPV in his slippers. #ufcnoche #riyadhseason”
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