{"id":292042,"date":"2023-10-02T21:29:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292042"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:29:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:29:29","slug":"conor-mcgregor-warns-michael-chandler-as-he-confirms-fight-is-still-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/conor-mcgregor-warns-michael-chandler-as-he-confirms-fight-is-still-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler as he confirms fight is still on"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler to &#8216;sit down and wait&#8217; after confirming their fight is still ON and &#8216;imminent&#8217; despite clash NOT happening this year<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Conor McGregor says bout with Michael Chandler is imminent despite delay\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The pair will not square off against each other at UFC 296 as originally\u00a0expected\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Conor McGregor has told Michael Chandler to be patient after confirmation that their proposed fight won&#8217;t take place this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two fighters has been expected to step into the Octagon to headline UFC\u00a0296 on December 16, but the main event for that show has been confirmed by Dana White to be\u00a0Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington, leaving McGregor&#8217;s return in limbo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the Irishman has insisted his comeback will be against Chandler and has warned the 37-year-old to be patient because the match will still happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yes, it has to be,&#8217; McGregor told All Out Fighting as he still stated Chandler will definitely be his opponent, whenever his return fight is made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Chandler, sit down and wait and shut your mouth, yeah? The Mac will be here soon. [I&#8217;m] en route. En route, son. En route. It&#8217;s imminent. It&#8217;s imminent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/11\/76065431-12583987-image-a-54_1696242680007.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor has warned Michael Chandler that their fight will happen at some point\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/11\/76065619-12583987-image-a-64_1696243100540.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chandler was supposed to step in the Octagon with McGregor at December&#8217;s UFC 296<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0McGregor hasn&#8217;t stepped in the Octagon since his horrific leg break\u00a0during a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021, but is believed to be back fit, in shape and ready to return.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet, UFC CEO Dana White, has said there is no plans for the fight this year. Stating earlier this week;\u00a0 &#8216;I got nothing on either one of those guys right now. I&#8217;ve been saying for a while, next year is when Conor&#8217;s going to fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then obviously, if Chandler gets antsy, then we&#8217;ll figure something out.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/02\/11\/75675595-12583987-It_was_thought_McGregor_would_take_on_rival_The_Ultimate_Fighter-m-66_1696243448536.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was thought McGregor would take on rival &#8216;The Ultimate Fighter&#8217; coach Michael Chandler (R)<\/p>\n<p>Chandler was last in action back in November last year, when he was defeated by\u00a0Dustin Poirier at UFC 281, but has also confirmed he is raring to go for a match with &#8216;Notorious&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair were both part of The Ultimate Fighter series earlier this year, where they almost came to blows, leading to excitement that a fight between McGregor and Chandler wasn&#8217;t far off from happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before December&#8217;s event,\u00a0UFC 295 in New York in November will see Jon Jones defend his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic, with Jiri Prochazka against Alex Pereira in the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12583987\/Conor-McGregor-warns-Michael-Chandler-sit-wait-confirming-fight-imminent-despite-clash-NOT-happening-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler to &#8216;sit down and wait&#8217; after confirming their fight is still ON and &#8216;imminent&#8217; despite clash NOT happening this year Conor McGregor says bout with Michael Chandler is imminent despite delay\u00a0 The pair will not square off against each other at UFC 296 as originally\u00a0expected\u00a0 Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler as he confirms fight is still on - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/mma\/conor-mcgregor-warns-michael-chandler-as-he-confirms-fight-is-still-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler as he confirms fight is still on - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conor McGregor warns Michael Chandler to &#8216;sit down and wait&#8217; 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