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April 25, 2024 10:00 pm ET
Michael Bisping thinks Michael Chandler would possibly perhaps well be making a grave mistake by underestimating Conor McGregor.
Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) welcomes McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) again in a welterweight bout, which headlines UFC 303 June 29 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas (pay-per-see, ESPN, ESPN+).
McGregor hasn’t competed since struggling a gross damaged leg in July 2021, which makes Chandler judge he doubtless obtained’t be the same fighter. While Bisping thinks Chandler would possibly be predisposed, he urges him no longer to guage devour that.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, he factual said ‘I don’t must score into a wrestle with a guy that’s obtained a better rifle than me,’ after which he goes on to divulge, ‘I judge I hit extra difficult,’” Bisping said on his YouTube channel. “So which is it? It’s doubtless you’ll perhaps well no longer be under the influence of alcohol for your comprise ego. Michael Chandler is an entertainer, whether it’s within the ring, whether it’s within the post-wrestle interviews, the fights themselves, the man is a born entertainer.
“This man would possibly perhaps well per chance also merely unexcited be accessible within the WWE, the UFC, whichever promotion he chooses. The particular person is explosive each and each single time he fights. He’s out of the ordinary. Procure or lose, he reveals up. Against Justin Gaethje, in opposition to Dustin Poirier – two of the entirely fights the UFC has ever set on. So, I will’t take a seat up for this wrestle, but he has to respect what McGregor goes to realize and the possibility that’s coming again at him.”
McGregor will glimpse to rebound from again-to-again stoppage losses to Dustin Poirier. He hasn’t obtained a wrestle since knocking out Donald Cerrone in January 2020. Meanwhile, Chandler would possibly perhaps even design to return to the accumulate column after getting submitted by Poirier in November 2022.
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