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‘Big’ John McCarthy Likens McGregor vs. Chandler Situation to Mark Hunt vs. Brock Lesner Drama at UFC 200 | MiddleEasy

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[embedded content]“It’s going to be an abbreviated testing schedule for Conor for him to fight in December,” McCarthy continued. “Let’s just be honest. It’s the middle of August. You’ve got September, October, November, December. That’s four. That’s as much as you’re going to get. So you take a look and say, ‘Michael Chandler, are you going to make a lot of money here? Are you okay if he’s only tested for three months?’ Michael Chandler’s going to go, ‘Yep, I’m good.’While that may be a bit of an extreme take, Thomson’s point remains valid. As long as McGregor vs. Chandler gets booked for December, is anyone really going to care how many tests the former two-division world champ has submitted to USADA?

“There will be one or two brave souls that go out there and say that this is ridiculous. They’ll make a story about it and then we’ll never hear from them again. They will just fall into the abyss as media and they will no longer work for whoever they work for. You know what I mean. I’m poking fun at it, but they’re not going to cover it the way you would think they would cover it.” 

“The biggest thing is this: No one’s going to care. They want to see the fight. They’re going to bend the knee to get the fight to happen and that’s what’s going to happen,” Thomson concluded.Do you think we see the two face off in the cage on Saturday with a date announcement?🤔🔥 pic.twitter.com/YDLnSDVRYZ

The finale’s go down on Saturday night at #UFC292 in Boston.
Tai Tuivasa was in Mark Hunt’s corner for his fight with Brock Lesnar:

Josh Thomson Suggests Nobody Will Care About USADA’s Lack of Involvement in Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler

“But you’re gonna have to get Chandler to sign off on that because they’re not going to go through another lawsuit like they did with what happened before.”Despite that McGregor has remained insistent that he will return in December for a fight with Michael Chandler. That immediately led fans and members of the media to speculate on how the UFC plans to essentially skirt the rules in order to get their golden boy back inside the Octagon. 

In 2016, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to the Octagon for a clash with Mark Hunt at UFC 200. Due to the short-notice nature of his return, Lesnar was given an exemption to compete despite not being enrolled in the USADA testing pool for the standard six months required. Lesnar went on to win the bout, but it was later revealed that the WWE Superstar had tested positive for clomiphene both before and after the event. 
Speaking about the situation during his WEIGHING IN podcast alongside former fighter Josh Thomson, ex-UFC referee John McCarthy suggested that the promotion’s path to making the fight happen is fairly simple, but it all hinges on getting Michael Chandler to play ball. 

We were previously told that a date for Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler would be announced during the #TUF31 airing.

— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) August 29, 2022

Former UFC referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy believes the promotion will do whatever it takes to make Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler happen before the end of 2023. 

Ever since they were announced as the opposing coaches on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter, Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler have been on a collision course heading toward the end of the year. However, much of the anticipation hit a roadblock when the Irishman failed to re-enter the USADA testing pool for a required six months of screening. 

Published on August 16, 2023 at 9:30 pm

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