MMA News Roundup: TUF Contestant Revealed the Internal Conflict Within Michael Chandler’s Team; Michael Chandler Revealed His Optimism About His Bout Against Conor McGregor and More

Several significant occurrences occur in the world of MMA every day. However, due to paucity of time, numerous followers routinely miss out on these updates. This is why we’re back with our MMA news roundup to keep such fans in tune with the world of their beloved sport. It will provide you with a summary of a few notable MMA world happenings from the last 24 hours.

Today after starting off with internal news about Michael Chandler’s team at TUF, we’ll also know about Michael Chandler’s optimism about his bout against Conor McGregor. Lastly, we’ll take a look at the latest news about the UFC 292 main event between Marlon Vera and Henry Cejudo to wrap things up for the day.

TUF contestant reveals the odd one out in Michael Chandler’s team

Despite, a series of wins in the current season of TUF, there might be some internal conflict within Michael Chandler’s team. Recently, Kurt Holobaugh, one of Chandler’s team’s fighters, revealed how another member of the same team wasn’t “on the team he wanted to be on”.

Holobaugh accused his own teammate and UFC veteran, Brad Katona, of being excessively friendly with their rivals led by Conor McGregor. ‘MMA Junkie’ posted Holobaugh’s exact words about this issue. He stated, “Me and all the other guys already knew that Brad (Katona) was an SBG guy. We knew he wasn’t on the team he wanted to be on. Nobody liked Brad.”

While revealing Katona’s over-friendly treatment of their rivals, Holobaugh stated, “There were a lot of times where we’d get done with our training session where we’re tired and hungry. We like to get back to the house as quick as we can. Brad would lallygag and he liked to hang out with the other team for a second. A lot of our guys didn’t like that too much.”

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It’s pertinent to note that Katona was also from the same, SBG Ireland, where McGregor had also started his training. Hence, his affinity towards his rival team might be quite understandable for some fans. How would have you reacted if you witnessed one of your team members acting in the same way?

Michael Chandler is still optimistic about his fight against Conor McGregor

The famed former UFC champ-champ, Daniel Cormier has advised Michael Chandler to never give up on his fight against Conor McGregor. And as it seems, Chandler has taken ‘DC’s’ words quite seriously. Most UFC fans have already lost hope of watching the coveted McGregor vs Chandler fight this year after the former USADA deadline failure. But, ‘Iron’ isn’t ready to give up on the bout yet.

Recently, ‘the current TUF coach’ appeared on the ‘KFC Radio podcast and talked about how the UFC also wanted to make this bout happen. He further implied McGregor wouldn’t like to be one of the few TUF coaches to break the ritual of the show where the coaches lock horns against each other at the end of the season.

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Chandler said, “There’s gonna be a fight. It’s still a little up in the air. Well, the fight back in USADA, yeah, I mean the timing of it is up in the air, but it’s locked in that you guys will fight. Yes, it’s more the timing, you know.” 

Do you also share Chandler’s optimism about the possibility of this highly coveted fight actually happening?

Latest news about the UFC 292 main event featuring Marlon Vera and Henry Cejudo

Most fans would’ve been awaiting the UFC 292 eagerly. But, a number of them were disappointed as one of the main eventers of the show, Henry Cejudo, pulled out of his bout against Marlon Vera recently. ‘Triple C’ revealed that he has a shoulder injury that would allow him to fight. ‘Chito’ also gave out his reaction to Cejudo’s withdrawal with a Twitter video. He stated, “Well F**k”.

However, according to the latest developments Vera has also called out the famed former UFC Bantamweight king, Petr Yan, to replace Cejudo for the bout. As of now, ‘The Russian’ hasn’t responded to Vera’s callout yet. But, do you think he will accept the bout?