‘Give Him Whatever He Wants’- Dana White Reveals How He Found Michael Chandler
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The one-half of the UFC 262 main event, Michael Chandler entered the UFC Lightweight roster last year in 2020. ‘Iron’ was floating around as a free agent after his last fight against Benson Henderson in the Bellator MMA. Many people speculated he might join the ONE Championship as a lot of Bellator fighters do. But finally, Chandler got signed by the UFC on September 2020.
In an interview with Aaron Bronsteter, Dana White revealed the story behind signing Michael Chandler. White said, “When we were getting ready to sign him I was literally sitting on the runway getting ready to take off. My lawyer called me and said we are on the one ward line with this kid or whatever.”
White continues, “Will you just get on the phone and talk to him? I talk to him for 5 minutes the nicest kid in the world great attitude wanted nothing more than to be in the UFC and fight for a UFC world title. I called Hunter back and said I don’t care what he wants. Get it done give him whatever he wants sign this kid I love him.”
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Dana White praised Michael Chandler for his attitude
The honest and humble attitude shown by Michael Chandler impressed the UFC president Dana White. ‘Iron’ looked flexible in his approach and was willing to negotiate with the company as they would want him to. ‘Iron’ happily accepted the offer to become the backup fighter for the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje.
He made the championship weight but couldn’t fight as the fight went on with the actual participants. It gave him a spotlight before actually fighting in the Octagon. This impressed the boss, which helped him in his quick rise to the top.
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White said “Comes in willing to fight anybody willing to go anywhere and do anything will be the backup will do this will do that and you know that type of attitude and the type of fight that he fought against Hooker got him to where he is right now. Such a great guy nice totally you don’t have to play games to do this stuff. You can be a nice guy and still win.”
The UFC president loves Michael Chandler and would like to see him as the next Lightweight champion.
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