Michael Chandler, echoing his opponent Conor McGregor’s early career habit of predicting his own fights, has a red hot take for the result of his next bout. Chandler will face McGregor – who once called himself the “Mystic Mac” for his eerily accurate predictions for his fight outcomes – and told ESPN that he’s expecting to finish McGregor early in the fight.
“Conor and I both start extremely fast. That cage door closes, Bruce Buffer announces us, that bell dings and we both try to meet in the center of the octagon trying to make the other guy take a backwards step first.
“Mystic Mike” Chandler Predicts Round 2 KO Over McGregor
Conor more in a larger, wider, take-up-more-space stance, to kind of project that domineering spirit of himself. Me more like a missile coming at you, making you feel my presence right away, I want to get my hands on you.” Chandler is firm in his belief that he only needs one good hit to finish the fight.
“If he lands one on the button, it’s going to be a rough night for me. If I land one on the button, it’s going to be a rough night for him, but which one of us can do it?
I’m going to get in his face, make him take a backwards step right away. He’s going to feel my presence from the very beginning of the fight and then from there wherever the fight takes us. If I want to pick him up and put him down, I can pick him up and put him down and put a beating on him and get a submission that way.
I believe I finish Conor in the second round. That’s my ‘Mystic Mike’ take on this, later on this year, whenever it is.” Another aspect of McGregor’s fight game of which Chandler is very aware is his mental warfare in the build-up to the fight.
“Can’t tell you what’s going to happen, what Conor’s going to show up. We’ve seen a couple different versions of Conor as well and I think Conor somewhat tailors himself, his personality and his ability and willingness to engage in those verbal altercations based on his opponent.
I could bring the worst out of him that we’ve ever seen or I could bring the more buttoned-up, businessman Conor. We don’t know.”
Whichever version of McGregor shows up, it’s sure to be the biggest fight of 2023. Do you think Michael Chandler will extend McGregor’s losing streak? Let us know in the comments.
