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Dana White: Michael Chandler in financial position to wait ‘however long it takes’ for Conor McGregor

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UFC CEO Dana White is not worried about Michael Chandler continuing to lay in wait for his fight with Conor McGregor to materialize.

The matchup between “The Ultimate Fighter 31” coaches McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was first targeted to happen in the fourth quarter of this year. The timeline got pushed as McGregor delayed his re-entry in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) testing pool, which requires six months and two clean tests before being cleared for competition.

McGregor, who hasn’t competed since he suffered a broken leg in his July 2021 trilogy-fight loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, finally joined the testing pool in early October, setting in motion his highly anticipated comeback.

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