Chandler and Pimblett reply to McGregor’s curiosity
“I’m positive he’s watching,” Chandler mentioned on the UFC 314 pre-fight press convention. “He watches and he’s very considering coming again, however can he put collectively a coaching camp? That’s the actual query. We don’t know. All I do know is you possibly can see by my actions, combating Charles Oliveira in November and now combating 5 months later Paddy Pimblett, placing my rating on the road, going out to courageous the unknown. I’m going to remain energetic.
“The primary 26 months within the group, I weighed in six occasions, fought 5 occasions, Struggle of the Evening, Struggle of the Yr, Debut of the Yr, Knockout of the Yr – all I do is placed on nice fights, and on Saturday evening I’m going to do it once more. … I don’t actually care what Conor tweets. If he comes again, we received to complete ‘The Final Fighter 31’, and he’s going to be impressed by my efficiency on Saturday evening.”
Pimblett then had his say.
“I’d welcome that combat, that’s the place the cash is at,” Pimblett mentioned. “However I can’t look previous Michael. I’ve received to combat Michael on Saturday evening and get the win right here. That’s all that issues.”
Quotes through MMA Junkie
There’s already a lot uncertainty surrounding Conor McGregor and what he truly desires to do with the rest of his profession. Hopefully, on the very least, we get a bit extra readability on that after the Chandler vs Pimblett showdown.
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