Michael Chandler Opens Up On Conor McGregor Fight, No Issues w/ 185 Lbs!

The contract is not but signed, however Michael Chandler says he is preventing Conor McGregor on June 29 in Las Vegas … and he is completely cool with the scrap happening at 185 lbs!

37-year-old Chandler joined Babcock on the “TMZ Sports” TV present (airs weekdays on FS1) … the place he broke his silence on the extremely anticipated battle, days after The Notorious broke the information on social media.

“The last year has been a nice little hiatus and it looks like we’re finally gonna be getting this fight moving forward,” Chandler stated.

“Now it looks like we got ourselves a date, we got ourselves an opponent, and seemingly a weight class a little bit above what we thought it was gonna be!” … Mike added with a giant smile.

In fact, Chandler’s referring to the battle happening at 185 kilos — technically a middleweight battle — a full 30 kilos over the light-weight restrict the place each males have been two of the most effective on the planet.

FYI, Sean Strickland (6’1″), Israel Adesanya (6’4″), and Alex Pereira (6’4″) are the final three MW champs … and people guys are big.

We requested him about preventing at a a lot heavier weight.

“I’m cool with whatever weight. The way I see it, Conor and I are within a couple of pounds of each other. So it doesn’t matter if we cut weight all the way down to 155, we fight at 170, or we fight at 185.”

“We’re the same size guys. I don’t need to bulk up to 200-something fans to get down to 185, it’s just not how I would operate in this training camp. So I’m excited about it if it is 185.”

Followers are excited, too.

In spite of everything, it is a battle that is been within the works endlessly … since Mike and Conor served as coaches on “The Ultimate Fighter.”

There is a bunch extra with Chandler … together with whether or not he’ll return to the light-weight division after the Conor battle.

We additionally requested him if he was involved Conor was clear … as many individuals have speculated 35-year-old McGregor is likely to be taking one thing to bulk up (the previous champ-champ has by no means failed a drug take a look at).