Michael Chandler, despite having his mega fight postponed at the minute was present at UFC 303 at the T-Mobile Arena as he had promised fans he would be there no matter what. This is where he caught up with announcer Bruce Buffer, who showed him the custom made suit jacket with Chandler and Conor McGregor’s face on it.
Unfortunately, as Chandler posed with Buffer, the picture went viral and MMA fans on social media let their intrusive thoughts win. So here’s the actual picture.
Michael Chandler posing with Bruce Buffer and his McGregor vs. Chandler suit jacket 😁#UFC303 pic.twitter.com/Lp8xa48AHT
— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit) June 30, 2024
And here fans are talking about how much of a waste that jacket was since Conor McGregor hurt his pinky just weeks before the ‘red p*nty night’
“Waste of money.”
Waste of money 😭
— Qbanlink (@Qbanlink3) June 30, 2024
To be fair to fans, the jacket is definitely tacky. It’s tackier than Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Milky Way neck tie. And that is one ridiculous piece of garment, the sartorial equivalent of paying Netflix every month to watch Zack Snyder’s bootleg Star Wars’ Snyder Cut.
“That jacket looks like carpet padding.”
That jacket looks like carpet padding
— Stacey Swan (@staceyking6869) June 30, 2024
Meanwhile, some fans joked about Chandler’s perceived grief after McGregor kept him hanging for a year and a half, only to pull out of the fight just weeks before D-Day.
“Ik he holding back tears.”
Ik he holding back tears 😂
— TheBrodieV2 (@V2Brodie) June 30, 2024
While Chandler is busy attending events including the epic UFC 303 and UFC’s subsidiary Powerslap, McGregor might have something else on his mind as the BKFC president, David Feldman weighed in on his thoughts on the The Notorious taking on Mike Perry.
Will McGregor fight for BKFC?
‘The Notorious’ is now a stakeholder in the rising promotion, after realizing the potential of the bloody sport and buying into the promotion.
In fact, McGregor, with the BKFC belt on his shoulder got into the ring and squared off against the promotion’s middleweight champion, Mike ‘The Platinum’ Perry at BKFC 41.
And ever since then, the fandom has been yearning for a bout with McGregor taking on the former UFC star in the circular ring.
Consequently, the BKFC president is confident that McGregor vs Perry will be a massive draw but relayed that UFC is the former’s priority since he has an existing contract with the MMA promotion.
It’s unlikely given McGregor’s multi million dollar businesses that he ever goes into the ring without a pair of gloves but some crazy things have happened in combat sports before; crazier even, when the Irish are involved.
