Watch: Michael Chandler calls out Conor McGregor on WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’
UFC president Dana White keeps pushing back the expected timeline of the Michael Chandler-Conor McGregor grudge match he’s been promoting since last season of “The Ultimate Fighter.”
But now, Chandler has taken matters into his own hands.
Taking full advantage of the UFC/WWE merger that formed the TKO Group, owned by Endeavor and CEO Ari Emanuel, Chandler appeared on WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” and called out McGregor in front of the more than 18,000 fans at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, cutting a WWE-style promo and calling out McGregor, who was supposed to fight at the end of last year.
“There’s a man from Ireland that’s been making me wait for way too long,” Chandler said, referencing the near-six-month delay from when he and McGregor were supposed to fight following the conclusion of their season of “TUF” until present day.
The full video of Chandler’s promo is below. Warning: the video contains colorful language.
McGregor and Chandler were supposed to headline the UFC 296 pay-per-view back on Dec. 16, but plans for the bout fell through at the end of August. Chandler is on-record stating he has a “loose deadline” in his head of how long he plans to wait for McGregor before moving onto other fight opportunities.
White told “The Pat McAfee Show” in early February that he hoped McGregor would return to the UFC in the fall.
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