's return to Octagon may be so cursed that even , who has been waiting patiently for the 'Red Panty Night' fight with the Irishman for two years, may have finally moved on to alternative opponents — possibly, even, a huge bout against the UFC lightweight champion . Chandler was originally scheduled to fight McGregor at the recent UFC 303 event that took place Saturday inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor, though, suffered a broken pinky toe little more than a month ago, which compromised his ability to compete at 100% effectiveness, and so he withdrew from the show.
The American fighter Chandler, though, still attended the event and even sat down with GIVEMESPORT and other reporters to say he'd know more within a week, whether he'd stick with the McGregor fight, or move on. Michael Chandler will give Conor McGregor one week before moving on, possibly to Max Holloway. On X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Chandler suggested that the UFC had presented to him a lightweight championship fight against reigning champion Islam Makhachev.
Though in the initial post it did not seem like it was one he was pursuing, his later tweets indicated it was seemingly a fight he was at least considering. "I’ve been offered [Islam Makhachev] in October but if [Conor McGregor] and his little pinky toe is ready by September, let's do The Sphere. Biggest event in the history of sports!" In a later tweet to Makhachev directly, Chandler compared their specific wrestlin.