At present caught between a rock and a tough place amid his exit from a scheduled UFC 303 headliner, former light-weight title challenger, Michael Chandler has saluted the concept of a BMF championship combat with Max Holloway in his quick future.
Chandler, the present quantity six ranked light-weight contender, was scheduled to tackle former two-division champion, Conor McGregor subsequent weekend at UFC 303 throughout Worldwide Battle Week – with the Dubliner compelled from the pairing because of an undisclosed damage.
And subsequently faraway from the June 29. card himself, Michael Chandler has confirmed he’ll attend the occasion as deliberate – no less than from fighter row, with undisputed mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira rematching Jiri Prochazka in a short-notice title protection on the identical UFC 303 card.
Michael Chandler welcomes Max Holloway combat quickly
Linked with a possible short-notice combat with recently-minted symbolic BMF titleholder on the cardboard previous to Pereira’s reserving towards Prochazka – on social media tonight, Missouri veteran, Chandler appeared to be conscious of a conflict with the Hawaiian sensation before later.
Sidelined for nearly two years, Chandler, a former three-time Bellator MMA light-weight kingpin, dropped a submission loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 281 in Madison Sq. Backyard, in his final combat underneath the banner of the promotion again in 2021.
Together with his quick future unclear amid the exit of McGregor from their UFC 303 predominant occasion, promotional CEO, Dana White claimed that Chandler might combat as quickly as he needed and the way the group would accommodate him for his return opponent, nonetheless, claimed he nonetheless needed to tackle the ex-champion subsequent.
Himself linked with a siege of the featherweight crown held by unbeaten Georgian finisher, Ilia Topuria, former titleholder, Holloway featured at UFC 300 again in April – slumping Justin Gaethje with a vicious, buzzer-beating KO to grab the symbolic belt.
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