Michael Chandler recently weighed in on his canceled fight with Conor McGregor.
against McGregor on June 29. However, Dana White confirmed last week that the fight was off, as McGregor pulled out due to an injury. Chandler addressed the situation for the first time since that announcement in a video on social media.
“Well it’s Monday morning, on the trail right now, getting my mind right, thinking about what has transpired over the last couple of days…Got the rug pulled out from underneath me at the last possible moment,” Chandler said. “I had just got done with my last sparring session Thursday morning.
Chandler has been waiting for the McGregor fight for a year and a half since they appeared as rival coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 31. It became apparent that their UFC 303 booking was in jeopardy when a Dublin press conference was canceled on 12 hours’ notice earlier this month. White confirmed those fears with his announcement that the fight was off last week.until “Notorious” is fit and in fighting shape.
“So what do I do now? A little bit of uncertainty in my life,” Chandler said. “When’s this fight gonna happen? What date would it be rebooked for? What venue? How bad is the injury? Reports have come out that it’s not that bad, just needs a little bit of a delay. But still, no guarantees. But I thrive when there are no guarantees.
While McGregor hasn’t fought in three years, Chandler has also been on the sidelines since a submission loss to“Don’t you dare disrespect me by feeling sorry for me,” he said. “Don’t you dare disrespect me by having any kind of sympathy. Be emboldened by my situation. Be emboldened by my steadfastness and my immovability of hitching my dreams to a shooting star and continuing to move forward. If you’ve been on this journey with me for a long time you know how I operate.
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