Conor McGregor’s highly-anticipated announcement of his eventual fight return went off with out the explosion most anticipated. That’s as a result of “Infamous” revealed that not solely would he not be combating at UFC 300 in April, however that his subsequent combat could be happening within the Middleweight division in opposition to Michael Chandler in June 2024.
That left lots of people within the fight group perplexed, with many questioning if the “Infamous” troll grasp was doing simply that. Whereas it doesn’t appear as if it is a legit troll job, one particular person does imagine McGregor is enjoying video games.
In keeping with Daniel Cormier, all his fellow former “champ-champ” membership member is doing is manipulating Chandler into doing no matter he pleases since he’s clearly the “A-side.” In “D.C.’s” evaluation, he would have appreciated to see Chandler put his foot down each on occasion as a substitute of bending to McGregor’s each demand only for the sake of locking down the combat.
“It’s occurring at 185,” Cormier mentioned on “DC & RC,” through MMA Junkie. “It shouldn’t occur there. I agree that it doesn’t have the which means that it ought to have (at light-weight). However I nonetheless imagine it does as a result of I imagine that Conor McGregor is simply going to make Michael Chandler do no matter he needs.
“And if which means combating at a weight class he’s by no means fought at, that he doesn’t really feel snug at, that’s what he’s going to do as a result of he feels prefer it’s going to be in his favor,” he added earlier than saying the McGregor is nice at pulling the strings.
“I believe it is a sport. I believe Conor McGregor is the puppetmaster, and I believe Michael Chandler is being far too straightforward to play with,” Cormier mentioned. “At this level, Michael Chandler is Pinocchio. Conor McGregor’s doing stuff like (pulling puppet strings) with Michael Chandler and I don’t prefer it as a result of I like Michael Chandler. However I believe he’s doing an excessive amount of.”
Chandler has certainly acknowledged that he’d be keen to tackle McGregor at any weight class, proving that he does believe to face and defeat the previous featherweight and light-weight champion no matter division. That mentioned, Chandler could be going up two weight courses, and he isn’t the most important 155-pounder round.
Whether or not or not this combat really takes place at 185 kilos stays to be seen within the coming months. However one factor that does appear sure, if there’s a change it should come on the request of “Infamous.”
