Throughout a current video uploaded to his YouTube channel, UFC light-weight star Michael Chandler mentioned his Octagon debut.
Again at UFC 257 in January 2021, the three-time Bellator Light-weight Champion made his first look for the world’s premier MMA promotion. Reverse ‘Iron’ was Dan Hooker, who in the end got here unstuck halfway by way of the primary spherical when Chandler rocked him with a sequence of punches.
Shortly after TKO’ing ‘The Hangman’, an overjoyed Chandler raised plentiful eyebrows with a reckless backflip off the highest of the cage in celebration. He adopted it with knowledgeable wrestling-style promo throughout his post-fight interview.
The show was harking back to fellow light-weight powerhouse and UFC 268 opponent Justin Gaethje, who’s infamous for pulling the stunt post-fight as properly.
Evidently, UFC President Dana White was not thrilled with the possibly injury-causing flip.
“Type Of Unhealthy-Ass Although, Huh?” – Michael Chandler
Shortly after the struggle with Hooker, ‘Iron’ returned to the again the place he overhead White ripping on him for his backflip. White highlighted the recklessness of such a stunt shortly after lastly getting a shot within the UFC.
“I keep in mind Dana, Dana bought on there, and I used to be truly proper within the room when he mentioned it, ‘How about this effing man, he lastly will get his shot within the UFC, knocks the man out, he desires to leap off the cage and do a backflip like he wants- like each of his ankles and knees had been gonna blow out,'” Chandler mentioned.
Regardless of his annoyance with Chandler over the backflip, White in the end did acknowledge that it made for a “bad-ass” spectacle.
“And he walked off the stage and he walked to me and I used to be like ‘Hey Dana, sorry in regards to the backflip, it is sort of bad-ass although huh?’ He is like ‘Yeah, it was,” Chandler laughed.
Learn Additionally: Eddie Alvarez Highlights ‘Downside’ That He Sees With Michael Chandler, Outlines Blueprint To Beat Conor McGregor
Please present transcription credit score with a hyperlink to this text if you happen to use any of those quotes.
