For more than a year, Michael Chandler’s career revolved around one name, Conor McGregor. They filmed The Ultimate Fighter 31 in early 2023. The UFC booked them for June 2024 at UFC 303. Then the press conference vanished, McGregor got injured, and the fight collapsed. Chandler stayed ready anyway. He waited, trained, promoted, and turned down other options because he believed the promise they made on TUF still mattered.

But dreams can become anchors. Fans wondered how long he would hold out for the McGregor matchup. Chandler wondered too. And at home, someone finally told him what everyone else was thinking: it was time to stop waiting.

Michael Chandler pulls back the curtain on his wife’s role in moving on from the Conor McGregor fight

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