Michael Chandler Doesn’t Care That Conor McGregor Is On USADA Trial, But ‘Rules Are Rules’
conor mcgregor coaching the opposite of The Ultimate Fighter Michael ChandlerThe two are expected to fight later this year, but McGregor has not entered a USADA trial.
A fighter must be in a testing pool for six months prior to a fight. Chandler wants a fight in September. At this point, Chandler is willing to ‘try to avoid red tape’.
“I just told my management to start pressing and figure it out. We’re in March right now. If we want to fight in September he’s going to have to jump in the pool. That’s the simple fact of the matter,” Chandler said at UFC 285 over the weekend.
“I don’t care. I don’t care what he weighs, what he’s been doing, how long he’s been in the USADA pool. It doesn’t matter to me,” Chandler continued. “It’s two hands. And there’s another man with two legs and I’ve been doing this for over a decade.
“I’m excited to go out there and compete against him, but ultimately rules are rules and we have to try to figure out how to avoid red tape and get him in the pool and test him.”