Michael Chandler Couldn’t Have Gotten a Higher Script Than UFC 309
Throughout an interview with the New York Submit, Michael Chandler defined why the rematch with Charles Oliveira was the most suitable choice for him after being stiffed on a Conor McGregor struggle.
“It couldn’t have been scripted any higher,” Chandler mentioned. “To beat a man who has now overwhelmed me for the world title. I had one objective once I acquired into the game, to be the primary man on the planet, to be broadly regarded unanimously because the primary man on the planet. Charles Oliveira stole that from me, beat me honest and sq., however he stole that dream from me, and now I get the chance to proper that incorrect in my thoughts, present up a greater fighter, get my hand raised, after which once I beat Charles Oliveira I’m the very best ranked man within the light-weight division not named Arman Tsarukyan or Islam Makhachev. [They’re] combating in most definitely January, it seems like persons are speaking about.”
Chandler’s objective is to get revenge on “do Bronx” earlier than seeing Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan reside in early 2025.
So, I’ll be cageside watching that struggle to observe who my subsequent struggle is, who I’m gonna struggle for the title,” Chandler continued. “So, you couldn’t have scripted it any higher, and it’s at Madison Sq. Backyard, the place I’ve at present been defeated.”
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