Conor McGregor's manager explains why Michael Chandler isn't UFC comeback fight

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Was there any talks of getting that Michael Chandler fight back together?

[00:00:03]>> Look, there was and and you know, Connor really wanted to give that to to Michael Chandler. Um, he just felt, you know, Michael deserved it having gone through the show having experienced that, you know, that camp and and then the unfortunate injury and cancellation of the bout. So, Connor really really uh, you know, wanted that to happen. We did everything to try to push it. At the time, it just didn't make sense for the UFC, but it doesn't mean it may not happen in the future. So, you know, Michael has a great fight ahead of him at the White House and we wish him the best. We want to see him succeed. So, it could become a reality.

[00:00:36]>> Speaking of the White House, was there any chance that Connor would fight there? Cuz that was kind of his initial statement that he wanted to compete on that card. So, what happened there?

[00:00:43]>> Yeah, it it was definitely a possibility, but I mean the UFC's is actually donating so much in terms of like giving up a gate revenue. I mean, they're making it up in different ways with the with the fan fan zone, but you know, based on the new deal we were able to negotiate, it just made more sense economically for them to utilize him at international fight week, which team Oberina, it's a familiar ground for us.

[00:01:06]And, you know, we want to be good business partners, so for us, it didn't matter.