Even though he has been granted a schedule to fight with Conor McGregor, Michael Chandler still wants the match at UFC 303 to be more meaningful.
UFC 303 on June 29 has officially determined the highlight match, superstar Conor McGregor will return to the ring in a match with Michael Chandler in the welterweight division (170lbs ~ 77kg).
This announcement fulfilled Chandler’s wishes as he had been waiting for Conor since the two competed against each other at the talent show The Ultimate Fighter 31 last year. However, Chandler still hopes that the next match will be for the new weight class title of 165lbs (74.25kg), as some previous rumors said.
“There was such a rumor, about the 165lbs belt, but it didn’t happen.” – Michael Chandler shares . “Even in my position, I wouldn’t be surprised if the fight agreement mentioned the 165lbs belt. You never know because the UFC has to keep a lot of things secret, even from us.”
“You saw Conor reveal before the UFC announcements. I’m sure the UFC stopped that because they wanted to keep the press conference after the (UFC 300) event.”
“They wanted to keep the information private. We knew the date of the fight and pretty much knew the weight class, and in the end they just sent that contract over.”
Michael Chandler once hoped to compete for a new weight title with Conor McGregor.
Not being announced that this is a title match, Michael Chandler still has another challenge at UFC 303, which is competing in the 170lbs class – a weight class in which he has only fought once in his career on the day of his MMA debut. 2009. This is a challenge for Chandler when Conor McGregor fought 3 matches in this weight class from 2016 to 2019.
“The 170lbs class is also perfect, cutting down to 155lbs (70kg) is not easy. I weigh 190lbs (85kg) so cutting down to 170lbs is much easier than 155lbs.”
“I think I still performed excellently in this weight class, the training camp, all the preparations are the same, just not cutting water at the final stage. I want myself to be strong, strong and explode like before.”
