Michael Chandler hopes Fight of the Year with Justin Gaethje gets inducted into UFC Hall of Fame
Michael Chandler faced Justin Gaethje at UFC 268 in November last year. Both fighters gave it all they had to get a shot at the UFC lightweight title. Despite Gaethje ultimately sealing the decision victory, the two men's performances earned them the Fight of the Year title.
While appearing in a recent interview with Morning Kombat's Brian Campbell, the top UFC lightweight contender discussed the fight. 'Iron' revealed that he is expecting the fight to be inducted into the Hall of Fame fight wing.
"The Justin Gaethje fight which went down as Fight of the Year and hopefully makes it into the Hall of Fame in the fight wing, sometime soon"
You can check out the entire interview with Chandler in the video below:
'Iron' is gearing up for his fourth UFC fight when he faces Tony Ferguson. The fighter is currently on a two-fight losing streak after being defeated by Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje in his previous two fights. With his upcoming fight, Michael Chandler will undoubtedly do his best to return to winning ways. Ferguson is also on a three-fight losing skid and a fight with Chandler will essentially determine if he stays with the UFC or not.
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Michael Chandler gives his take on the upcoming title fight between Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje
Michael Chandler predicted the upcoming lightweight title fight between Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on a recent episode of the Thiccc Boy podcast.
In his thoughts on the match, 'Iron' appears to be rooting for Gaethje to win. However, he believes the current champion has 'more tools' to win. He said:
"My heart says Gaethje. I think I want Gaethje. I would like to see Gaethje win that title. But, I am telling you, I think Charles Oliveira has more tools. I think Charles has proven himself that he's tougher than we thought. I don't think he's gonna be able to take Justin down as easily as he thinks he's going to, case in point for me. But, I think Charles gets the nod in that one."
Watch Chandler talk about Oliveira vs. Gaethje with Brendan Schaub in the video below:
Charles Oliveira will defend his UFC lightweight belt against Justin Gaethje on May 7 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. This will be Oliveria's second title defense since defeating Michael Chandler in May 2021 to earn the lightweight gold.