Michael Chandler was making ready for the largest struggle of his profession simply a few weeks in the past. The three-time Bellator light-weight champion was scheduled to face former two-division UFC titleholder Conor McGregor within the UFC 303 predominant occasion on June 29. That every one went away when McGregor was compelled out of the struggle with an harm.
Regardless of not competing on the struggle card, Chandler nonetheless plans to attend the occasion at T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas. In a video posted to social media on Tuesday, Chandler acknowledged, “Your phrase is your bond, and in case your phrase is not any good then finally you’re no good.”
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“I am nonetheless going to UFC 303 a lot to the shock of the UFC and everybody behind the scenes. It is the UFC X, the UFC Fan Expertise. It is UFC 303: Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka, and simply six days in the past it was McGregor vs. Chandler. It is my card,” Chandler stated. “It was my card every time I signed the bout settlement and signed my title to a bit of paper that stated I might be at UFC 303. I made a promise. I made a dedication and that dedication nonetheless stands as a result of your phrase is your bond and with out your phrase you’re no good. If you can’t be relied upon, if folks do not imagine that you are going comply with by way of with what you say you are going to do – The definition of integrity is doing what you say you are going to do with out fail.”
When McGregor was compelled out of the struggle resulting from harm, the struggle promotion put collectively a very new UFC 303 predominant occasion. Chandler was pulled from the struggle card altogether and a middleweight championship rematch between champion Alex Pereira and former titleholder Jiri Prochazka grew to become the brand new occasion headliner.
