“I think Gaethje is a terrible match-up for him,” Eddie Alvarez advised Michael Chandler to not fight Justin Gaethje

“I think Gaethje is a terrible match-up for him,” Eddie Alvarez advised Michael Chandler to not fight Justin Gaethje

Eddie Alvarez- Michael Chandler

The former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler got finished by Charles Oliveira in the bout for vacant lightweight title at UFC 262. Even though he lost the fight Chandler displayed incredible skills, and fans started speculating his future match ups.

Dana White in his recent interview shared that he wants to book Chandler against the former interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje. As soon as he made the announcement fans went crazy and fair enough it could be a matchup for the ages.

Recently the former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez talked about this fight, he has fought both Gaethje and Chandler and with that experience, he advised Chandler to not fight Gaethje.

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He said, “I think Gaethje is a terrible match-up for him, And I think he should probably stay away from Gaethje. That’s not a good match-up for him. But we’ll see, man. It’s really up to him and his desire. We’ll only know on fight night.”

But Chandler had no intentions of dodging this fight. In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, he said, “Gaethje needs a dance partner, that’s for sure. I don’t know if he’s gonna want to wait as long as I need to wait, though. So, we’ll see what happens.”

“I’m taking a little bit of time off,” Michael Chandler isn’t going to return anytime soon

Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler

After his loss against Oliveira, Chandler said that he will bounce back even stronger, and he will capture that title within 12 months, now he’s talked about it more, he said, “I’m taking a little bit of time off. My health is my number one priority.”

“Being a father and a husband, long-term longevity, that’s my number one priority. It’s no secret, I took some damage in that (Oliveira) fight, the fight ended, got finished.”

When asked about Gaethje, he said, “The name Justin Gaethje’s been thrown around a thousand times, he said no numerous times. I think the good thing is, and that’s actually what the UFC said, too. ‘Hey, now that you lost inside the UFC, maybe one of these guys will actually say yes to fight you.’”

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