Michael Chandler Says he’ll Call Out UFC Legend After KO’ing Paddy Pimblett

Michael Chandler has promised to call-out a UFC legend for a fight once he’s done knocking out his upcoming opponent Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett.

The Chandler vs Pimblett lightweight fight is the co-feature in the UFC 314 pay-per-view which takes place on Saturday, the 12th of April, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. Though Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes compete for the vacant featherweight championship, the Chandler and Pimblett bout is so good it could be a main event of its own.

It’s a fight that Chandler appears desperate to triumph in, because he wants it to lead toward a huge bout — a rematch — which could, perhaps, take place later in the year.

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In an interview with Zach Gelb, who is the host of the Zach Gelb Show on Sirius XM 375, Chandler spoke about Dustin Poirier’s recent comments about him, in which he criticized Chandler for blowing blood all over him and sticking a finger in his mouth during a particularly wild and brutal bout in 2022. Fast forward three years, and Chandler wants to run it back.

“I don’t lose a wink of sleep thinking about Dustin Poirier and how he thinks about me,” said Chandler. “Unfortunately, obviously I live rent-free in his head, and he does lose sleep over me, so I don’t think about it.”

Poirier recently spoke about his next fight being his retirement bout. Chandler wants that opportunity.

“I’ll tell you what, man, I would definitely welcome me being Dustin’s retirement fight.”

“He’s a legend — and I say that because he’s a legend. It’s not like I want to get back the loss, or it’s not because I have any kind of animosity. I don’t want to fight him because of the disagreements that we’ve had, I just want to fight him because he’s a legend, and I would,” said Chandler.

“So we’ll see,” he added. “I’ll heal up after April after I starch Paddy Pimblett, and he’s talking about fighting in July, August. I wouldn’t mind going to New Orleans at that time of year.

“Either way, I’m coming to fight. I’m going to be there for his retirement fight out of respect, but I wouldn’t mind stepping in the octagon with him. We’ll see.”