“He could have overshadowed the new guy,” Michael Chandler is happy Nate Diaz is not fighting on the same card as him
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Michael Chandler on Nate Diaz
UFC lightweight title is up for grabs and the challengers Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira will put everything in the ring at UFC 262 to bring home the gold.
UFC 262 fight card also showcased the fight between Nate Diaz and Leon Edwards, Nate was making a return in this fight but due to an undisclosed injury this fight had to be pushed to UFC 263, and Michael Chandler is kinda glad this happened.
Speaking to Farah Hannoun of MMAJunkie.com, he said, “Yeah, I mean anytime you can share an event with Nate Diaz — he and I are not friends, I don’t think we’d ever be friends, I don’t think that we are very like-minded individuals — but there’s no doubt he brings eyeballs, he brings the hype. And that’s the catch-22 of Nate Diaz.”
Chandler added, “He could have overshadowed the new guy. I’m the new guy, just got here. I’m okay that he fell off the card — well I’m not ok really, it was an injury, I never want to wish an injury on anybody — but you get what I’m saying, it was just postponed four weeks.”
So, he’s still going to get his shot and he’s going to get a shot at a top-three guy and he could end up getting a title shot if he wins this fight,” Michael Chandler said.
“All I know is I’m going to show up swinging on May 15,” Michael Chandler is ready to take the title home
Chandler had an impressive debut against Dan Hooker, and he got his title shot immediately after that fight, former Bellator champ feels extremely lucky to be here, in the same interview he added.
“It would have been great either way. All I know is, this whole thing has been orchestrated by a very, very, very sovereign higher power than me and the UFC since I signed with the UFC because everything has worked out perfectly for me thus far.”
Chandler continued, “I just feel extremely blessed to be part of this whole event, to be part of this whole thing. Whether Nate Diaz is on the card or not, it’s still a phenomenal card from top to bottom. The co-main event is now Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush, a very tough lightweight bout, so we will see how it all unfolds. All I know is I’m going to show up swinging on May 15.”
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