12 January 2024 , 10:05
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UFC star Michael Chandler wants to break Conor McGregor's jaw and send him into retirement.
McGregor has claimed his UFC comeback fight against Chandler will headline the promotion's International Fight Week on June 29. The fight is yet to be confirmed by the UFC but Chandler is confident it will go ahead for the date McGregor announced. Chandler has vowed to ruin McGregor's long-awaited return and thinks he will finish the Irishman early in the fight.
"I finish Conor within the first two rounds and after that, probably end his career,” Chandler said on his YouTube channel. “There’s just so much more than what people think about on the surface level. I want battlegrounds of epic proportions, I want to stand in the cage with that man, I want to break that man’s will, I want to break his jaw.
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"I want to separate him from consciousness, completely flatline him inside the octagon, and then we say farewell to the sport’s biggest star. Then we can go about our merry way." Chandler has put forward a theory as to why McGregor demanded their fight takes place at 185lb despite neither of the two ever competing at the weight class before.
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"There's two reasons why this fight is at middleweight, You've got to remember, Conor wants to continue the narrative that he’s bigger than he actually is," Chandler added. "You guys think he’s bigger because of lights, camera angles, and a great photographer. I originally called for the fight at 170lb. So naturally he says 185lb.
"Do I believe the fight will be at 185lb? Heck, I'm game. The weight class does not matter, we are two guys that weigh the same. The size of us is very similar, so it doesn't matter whether we are cutting down because we are the same weight. I've never missed weight or pulled out of a fight in my life."
McGregor has piled on a lot of muscle mass whilst spending over two and a half years on the sidelines recovering from a leg break. Chandler, who hasn't fought in over a year, has competed at lightweight for virtually all of his MMA career whilst McGregor started out at featherweight in the UFC but has since moved up to 155lb and 170lb.