Michael Chandler is one of the most patient fighters the UFC has ever seen. The 37-year-old has been waiting for his chance to face Conor McGregor for a long time now. McGregor did announce his return on X (formerly Twitter) at International Fight Week and chose ” Iron” as his opponent. However, the fight is yet to be finalized by the UFC.

Chandler recently made an appearance at The MMA Hour and spoke to Ariel Helwani at length. During his conversation, he shared something really interesting with his fans. Let us delve into the details to find out what he had to say.

Michael Chandler is keeping his options open

The Chandler-McGregor saga started way back when the pair appeared at The Ultimate Fighter season 31 show as coaches. Since then they have been waiting to get inside the Octagon to settle the score for once and for all. However, their much-awaited fight is yet to be scheduled even after McGregor’s latest claims on X (formerly Twitter). Chandler in the meantime spoke to Ariel Helwani and shared his plans for his future during this testing time.

The 37-year-old said: “As you know, you have been around the sport long enough to know that there are little hints being dropped everywhere right. And that was definitely coincidental. But I did have a meeting with Triple H after, and we chopped it up. I paid my respect. I grew up watching Triple H. So we had a nice little talk and man I’d love to head out to Philly in April. So we’ll see what happens. I think I met him just barely cross paths with him one other time. This is the first time I got some time with him and, you know, got to chop it up. And obviously he liked what he saw and a lot of other WWE brass loved what they saw. So there were some talks happening. So it was fun.”

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While the 37-year-old showed his interest in showing in heading out to Philadelphia. He recently made an appearance at Monday Night Raw to enjoy the event. However, he did not hesitate for a single second to speak his heart out after being introduced by Samantha Irvin. But what did ” Iron” really say?

Michael Chandler called out Conor McGregor during Monday Night Raw

It’s not every day that you get an opportunity to be a guest at a WWE show. However, with the arrival of TKO the partnership between wrestling and mixed martial arts has taken a new dimension. Last Saturday wrestling superstar CM Punk made an appearance at the UFC 298 event. And it was just a matter of time before a UFC star appeared at a WWE show. Chandler not only enjoyed the night but also took the opportunity to call out his rival Conor McGregor. The much-anticipated fight between the pair was scheduled to take place at UFC 300. Regardless, it seems that the possibility of that fight happening at the historic event is now gone.

Nevertheless, Chandler took the opportunity and called out McGregor. He said: “What’s up Anaheim? You are now in the presence of the most entertaining UFC fighter on the planet. There’s a man from Ireland that’s been making me wait for way too long. And I still got one dude on my mind – Conor McGregor! Get your candy-a** back to the octagon. We got some unfinished business boys.”  Both fighters have shown their interest in taking on each other for quite some time now. Yet, their fight is still waiting for a green signal from the UFC. Will the much-awaited clash finally happen this year? Let us know in the comments below.

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