The much-anticipated battle between Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor has kept the fans on their toes. Despite showing their willingness to fight each other on multiple occasions, the scrabble has yet to be finalized. Recently, the pair took the time to inform fans that they finally have a date for their fight.

However, the fans are still waiting for an official announcement. Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen recently took to his YouTube channel to analyze the fight. He also shared the reason which might cost ‘Iron’ his fight against ‘Mystic Mac’. Let us find out what the 46-year-old had to say.

Chael Sonnen stakes how Michael Chandler can lose his fight with Conor McGregor

Michael Chandler has been waiting patiently for his battle with Conor McGregor. At 37, Chandler is at the Twilight of his career and will look to fight on a more consistent basis. Regardless, it now seems that his patience might just be rewarded soon and he might feature in a fight. Former UFC fighter, Chael Sonnen recently took to his YouTube to give the only reason which might cost him his fight.

He said, “Chandler is in a very fine position here. That if he were to come out and make any type of demand, it could cost him the match. And if Chandler was to come out very, just say this has to be at 170 lbs. If he was to just lock in on anything, it would be a way out for McGregor to go. Well, I wanted to do the whole thing, but now he’s being silly. I used to do this in the 90S. It was called pricing yourself out and they step forward. I’ll fight anybody.”

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As fans, we can only wait for the fight to materialize soon. The fight was scheduled to take place last year and got delayed because of multiple reasons. While the fight has gathered a lot of attention and the fans are excited to witness the battle, Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson feels the fight may not be a big deal.

UFC insider shares his opinion on the much-awaited fight which might surprise the fans

Josh ‘The Punk’ Thomson and Big John McCarthy recently took to their podcast ‘Weighing In’ to discuss the fight. The pair shared the reasons why the fight may not hold huge importance for Chandler. Conor McGregor is a former two-division champion and one of the biggest stars in the UFC. However, he has been inactive for more than three years, which has raised questions about his ability and stardom. Despite Chandler waiting to fight him, Thomson feels beating McGregor doesn’t hold any huge importance now.

While speaking to Big John McCarthy Thompson said, “If Chandler did it, I don’t even think we would be impressed. Okay, you beat a dude that’s been doing movies and drinking and partying for three years,” He further added, “There is no real red panty night… we’re beating somebody who’s coming off the couch. Red panty night means like, you’re getting paid more, you’re getting this and you’re getting that.” 

It will be interesting to see whether Conor McGregor can prove his critics wrong this time around. Do you feel Conor McGregor will finally get the opportunity to fight this year? Let us know in the comments below.

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