LAS VEGAS – Michael Chandler has been around Conor McGregor enough in recent days that he thinks he’s starting to figure him out.
Former UFC two-division champion McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) and former Bellator lightweight champ Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) are set to coach the upcoming Season 31 of “The Ultimate Fighter.” They’re currently filming the show in Las Vegas and attended UFC 285 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
A fight hasn’t been put on the books yet, but the “TUF” coaches traditionally fight at the end of the season. One of the issues so far is the UFC stipulation that a fighter be in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug testing pool for at least six months before a fight. McGregor has been inactive since a broken leg in a July 2021 trilogy loss to Dustin Poirier and not in the testing pool.
