stuck to his word and made an appearance at UFC 303 this past Saturday, despite his scheduled main event against having fallen through just a few weeks out. The 38-year-old wasn’t only in ‘Sin City’ to watch the culmination of vs , he was there to discuss his future with the UFC brass, and things seemingly went well for the brawler. Michael Chandler claims he was offered lightweight title fight The Chandler and McGregor saga continues to spiral and unfortunately, there has been no update from the promotion on whether the fight will be re-booked or not.
Having said that, when was asked this past weekend whether the Irishman would be ready to return in either August, September, or October, the boss replied, “None of the above”, giving at least somewhat of a timeline. Despite that, ‘Iron’ Mike is under the impression that his fight against ‘The Notorious’ could finally take place at UFC 306, at the Sphere. After his meetings with the UFC this past weekend, Chandler has claimed that he has been offered a lightweight title shot, but will instead wait for McGregor.
“Big, big weekend of talks and clarity. New date loading. I’ve been offered Islam Makhachev in October, but if Conor McGregor’s little pinky toe is ready by September, let’s do the Sphere.
Biggest sporting event in history,” Chandler explained on . Although he seemed to admit that he would wait for McGregor instead of fighting , the 38-year-old went on to aim several tweets at the current cham.
