Michael Chandler Confident ‘Conor McGregor Clash’ Will Outshine Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Record

Allan Binoy | 23/05/2024
Michael Chandler Confident ‘Conor McGregor Clash’ Will Outshine Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Record

Michael Chandler believes he is in the perfect position to smash Khabib Nurmagomedov’s PPV record. UFC 299 recorded the highest PPV sales for a fight in the promotion’s entire history, all thanks to the main event bout between Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor. The event sold 2.4 million PPVs and no fight has come close since then. However, Chandler now believes his upcoming fight against McGregor at UFC 303 might break that record.

One cannot blame Michael Chandler for setting his targets high as the UFC 303 card has already broken the record for most ticket sales by earning $20 million in revenue. In contrast, UFC 205 held the previous record at $17.7 million. Taking this into account, Chandler seemed pretty confident about breaking Khabib’s record, as in an interview with the UFC he said,

“Conor and Khabib [Nurmagomedov] did great numbers, but this could possibly be the biggest comeback in combat sports history or Conor McGregor’s last fight…This fight trumps any fight on the entire planet right now.”

Despite not having fought for over three years, McGregor is still the UFC’s cash cow. His ability to sell fights is second to none, and that alongside his history with Chandler makes UFC 303 a recipe for success.

McGregor too, has given up on drinking during the fight camp. Ahead of his return to the octagon, the Irishman went live with Duel Bits talking about the fight.

But as he often does, during the stream, ‘Mystic Mac’ also looked to talk about everyone else, including Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall.

Conor McGregor weighs in on the Jon Jones Tom Aspinall situation

‘The Mac’ is officially back, and he recently surprised fans by organizing his first-ever livestream, sponsored by Duel Bits. During the livestream, McGregor ended up calling out several UFC fighters, but there was one that he backed unconditionally. When a viewer asked him about the Jon Jones Tom Aspinall situation, ‘Mystic Mac’ immediately retorted,

“Thoughts on Jones avoiding Aspinall… I disagree with that, I think the Jones Stipe fight is huge There’s a way to go for the English lad to come up and get that [undisputed title]…”

Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are good friends and always have each other’s backs. So naturally, McGregor disagreed with the fans who were accusing Jones of ducking Aspinall. Well, this year cannot get any better for UFC fans, as they may get to watch both ‘The Notorious’ and ‘Bones’ step into the octagon. It sure does feel like 2016 all over again.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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