“Easier than a guy who you’re really afraid to sometimes throw a punch at,” Michael Chandler compares Justin Gaethje with Conor McGregor
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Michael Chandler on Conor McGregor
Michael Chandler is back with his love for Conor! It’s no joke that Conor McGregor is one of the biggest superstars in the history of MMA. Even with all the controversies and incidents that happened with him in the past few years, he is considered to be one of the best mixed martial artists to ever walk inside the octagon. Michael Chandler has observed Conor’s career pretty closely, and it wouldn’t be insane to say that he is a fan as well.
Chandler has stated on several occasions that he is interested in fighting McGregor. In his recent appearance on Bussin’ With the Boys podcast, he believes Conor is a very special individual, and those who think otherwise are either a hater or a causal, he said, “It’s a different approach when you’re fighting a guy like Conor because fighting a guy like Gaethje, who loves to brawl, is much easier than a guy who you’re really afraid to sometimes throw a punch at because of the shot that you don’t see coming as you’re pulling your hand back.“
He added, “So, you’ve definitely gotta be on your Ps and Qs with the striking. But then the coolest thing about Conor, too, is everybody always talks about how bad of a wrestler he is, how bad of a grappler he is. Chad Mendes took him down a couple times. He got taken down a couple times in the second Diaz fight. He got taken down numerous times in other fights. And he has always kept his composure.
“He’s a different level of competitor,” Michael Chandler on Conor McGregor
Chandler claims Conor is very good at high-level fights and his ability to keep himself calm in the heat of the battle is commendable. Chandler knows this too well because, in his fight against Justin Gaethje, he started enjoying himself so much that he literally threw the gameplan out of the window, and started trading punches with him like crazy, this eventually led to him losing the fight on the judge’s scorecard, and now he is recovering from the bruises from the battle.
Talking about Conor, he added, “His mental awareness capacity and stability inside of the octagon, inside the confines of competition – especially with how heightened the stakes and the senses are, inside of his fights, while everybody in the entire world is watching – it’s something to behold, man. He’s a different level of competitor. And anybody who discredits him because he’s lost fights is just either a casual or a Conor hater, to be honest with you.”
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