Ariel Helwani: How Long Should Michael Chandler Wait for Conor McGregor? - The MMA Hour

[@aryanmn209]

conor talk starts at boys 34:50 🙌🙌

[@eliotcrowell9969]

You enjoy listening to them talk???

[@leroyfisher2138]

✌️

[@Sinisterkid34]

@@eliotcrowell9969you’re complaining that he did the work for you.

[@mattevans911]

Legend

[@eliotcrowell9969]

@@Sinisterkid34 I guess you are right

[@josephalbarran_cs]

chandler will do what he's told

[@unclejunior2668]

Give that man Gamrot on a random fight night 😂

[@WheyofTheDragon]

Chandler should wait until UFC 600. Maybe he can triple his investment plan by then 😂👍

[@SoyDuckHot]

UFC 700 will set him up for a sweet retirement plan

[@bigvsouthphilly2156]

Chandler is 100% obsessed with Conor

[@SoyDuckHot]

@@bigvsouthphilly2156 Chandler would go bobbing for apples

[@ramonbriones4487]

Time stamps? This dude rambling on pfl and ufc for 10 minutes. I dont wana wait for a 1 min click bait topic.

[@Fajitaman69]

Sometimes he rambles about WWE too 💀

[@RendezvousWithRyan]

34:50

[@slicvm]

Casual

[@ramonbriones4487]

@@Fajitaman69 that's the worst man. It's so goofy

[@ramonbriones4487]

@@RendezvousWithRyan thanks man

[@thatjack4]

I can’t believe we’re STILL having this conversation. The answer is he should’ve gave up a while ago. If Conor ever comes back resign nate and have it be both their last.

[@21DMN]

Topuria vs Hollowey needs to be in the Sphere. Is better fight than O Malley vs Merab

[@aelfering88]

Thanks!

[@connorfuhrman6986]

Nice man

[@bigvsouthphilly2156]

Chandler is obsessed with Conor. I truly believe he thinks about conor 90% of every day of his life

[@mrc.p8423]

He thinks about the money hes gonna make for sparking the irishman out for sure

[@StiggyMcQueen]

Man’s going to get knocked tf out IF the fight ever happens.

[@jayrock2288]

I doubt it bro

[@GhettoDetective]

Whittakers KO of Ikram reminded me of when Lennox Lewis KO Andrew Golota (in boxing). Almost in the same fashion of not giving their opponent the chance of getting their rhythm started.

[@heyheywave]

UFC 400. Let’s goooooo

[@nocturnaltube]

Michael Bisping will be hosting as the new journalist for the mma hour with GC and Ric. Ariel will be out as a free agent.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodgrower]

Feed Gastelum to Chimaev at 185 pounds!

[@dingodongo2489]

Khamzat is retired lol

[@hombreleon]

12:29 I believe Shara would have trouble getting medical clearance in the USA due to his eye situation.

[@abemartinez9623]

He should not wait . Book another fight create a huge hype. Shadow little connie

[@jgreen802]

He's scared he will lose and Conor will choose to fight someone else.

[@TB-bh8tj]

Losing increases your chances to fight Conor. ​@@jgreen802

[@friedmotherboards2395]

Conor has a broken toe lol. That’s a fast recovery.

[@jmz2144]

Charles rematch

[@MikeFromBensonhurst]

These clowns really hate Strickland , I think most people feel he best Du Plessis & should have gotten an immediate rematch because it was such a close fight . He went on to beat Costa and should face the winner of Izzy Du Plessis. These losers are just hoping he loses to Whitaker .

[@samseptember6404]

He should wait till he’s 87 then call it quits

[@357.maggNUM]

Nobody's talking about McGregor being partners with the UFC like he always wanted. Dana White is more likely to take a fight before Conor McGregor!

[@DrummingKid101]

How long should the UFC keep waiting on Conor McGregor?

[@addictedtosuccess156]

Chandler sat out for 2 years healthy waiting for a payday 😂

[@alan8887]

My advice to Chandler is he should take a walk and book another fight. Connor's word is untrustworthy. Rather sickening how he wasted Chandlers time.

[@cling1tr]

Alright somebody's got to say this. Michael Chandler said when he got into the UFC "I'm not here for a long time. I'm here for a good time" he's now officially WASTED alllllll his time on the Conor fantasy. Also why is nobody mentioning the fact that he never needed to "wait" for Conor at all? UNLESS he was too concerned about fighting and LOSING and then no one wants to see him fight Conor anymore. If Chandler went out there and beat 2 top 5 guys doesn't it make the Conor fight even more appealing not only that if he fought 2 or 3 great fights instead of waiting for Conor he might've had a shot at becoming champion!

[@AC-ac999]

Waiting until the end of 2024 given the almost 2 years he has already been on the bench is so significant given Father Time is undefeated, tasking 2+ years off without fighting Chandler will never be the same, just a fact, with few exceptions no one has successfully done it

[@LuisRodriguez-oc8hg]

No follow up question about Shara because of the one eye being clear. The commissions wont clear him here

[@Andycinemafilm]

At this point, Where is Francis Ngannou? He’s was supposed to elevate PFL.

[@pranavmalavalli5582]

If he's actually getting 10x his contract it's more than justified to wait even 3 years, he wasn't going to fight 10x in 3 years at 36

[@Smilingpolitely553]

Why would UFC pay Chandler 5 million to fight? They could get anyone to fight Conor for 500 grand and the PPVs would be unaffected. He could fight Justin or Max or even Poirier again for less and they're all bigger names than Mike.

[@pranavmalavalli5582]

@@Smilingpolitely553 that's why I started with "if ". It's what Conor claims, I'm not sure if it's true

[@Smilingpolitely553]

@@pranavmalavalli5582 yeah for sure, if it's true definitely worth the wait. I just can't see it personally, I feel like maybe he could get 1-1.5 mil but by the time he fights he could have had 5 or 6, I think he's already lost on this. And now he's 39 so there's not going to be a lot of time to cash in on a win against Conor for future fights

[@Adam-hx1gw]

38

[@Smilingpolitely553]

@@Adam-hx1gw fair but my point stands... Frankie the real cream of the crop and barely limped his way to 40

[@John-s6u7c]

It must be Shara bullets eye... Because supposedly he is coming to the States to do a movie... they also may really want him to do the middle east gigs as he is a popular big name there...

[@AdamLee-m4m]

Imagine if chandler gets knocked out in the first minute

[@simonlee498]

Ufc 500 will be historic

[@vkloudzy]

Is showing the crowd count as something local showing where you are located 😂

[@GodannarJunkie]

PFL only kept the Bellator name because they do really good gates in Europe. The brand is well known. The PFL isn’t. I don’t think the promotions are separate because of a tv deal. But I could be wrong. What I know I’m not wrong about is you can’t be a professional fighting league and not have all the normal weight classes. ESPECIALLY when you buy out another promotion and their champion at one of those divisions is considered top 5 (Eblen)

[@Dean_Bradley]

Chandler should wait as long as he feels like waiting.

[@GGGame72749]

Why couldn't Chandler have taken fights this whole time then take Conor when he was ready

[@jaysonj9327]

The most absurd irony of this entire fiasco is that Chandler's fight IQ is so low he'd probably get knocked stiff if he and Conor ever did fight as unlikely as that is. Dude should have ignored Conor, fought 2 - 3 times per year, made good money, built his brand and he'd be a fight or so away from retiring to a motivational speaking gig or a broadcasting gig. Instead he's basically thrown away the last stage of his fighting career chasing an obsession who doesn't give a rat's ass about him in return.

[@nyteowl8069]

Theres two things that matter. Belts and Money. Its easy to say Chandler should have passed on the Conor fight and got his ass whooped by Max, Arman, Fiziev. He was already heading out of his prime before he took the layoff.

[@slicvm]

Guess Chandler wasn't willing to take a dive

[@Cloud007.]

It's idiotic to say that anyone conor has fought has taken a dive.

[@slicvm]

​@@Cloud007.Cerrone

[@ItsTooRisky]

@@Cloud007.cowboy did

[@Newfoundadventures-2024]

If Chandler is legitimately making the equivalent of 10x his regular fight pay, waiting is a no brainer. I would just hope he is able to have at least some guaranteed $ for the trouble.

[@marksilas2437]

Chandler’s predicament reminds me of King Julian I from Madagascar! “How long is it going to take!!”

[@BobWeber-m8t]

Can the entire media please stop saying "To your point". For some reason that didn't exist 5 yrs ago & everybody got points across

[@DrWeird-zw5dc]

"had a cup of cawlfee" lols

[@John-s6u7c]

Izzy signs to fight DDP , Whittaker back up... Izzy drops out , Whittaker beats DDP , Strickland fights DDP later... No one is drinking , no women in crowd , only 12000 tickets sold...next time it will be better

[@BobWeber-m8t]

Chandler a fool. He ain't getting PPV cut. He could have fought 3,4 times by now

[@stoicsavage509]

"Canada going toe to toe with Argentina" losing 2-0 and having 35% possession is NOT going toe to toe 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ahmedabdelazim7110]

Chandler should wait and fight Connor’s son.

[@maguwi]

I'd say not having ring girls was a local sprinkle....

[@evanlarsen9885]

Lmao watching this after the Oilers lost. Guess the five Florida fans were real happy.

[@mixedmartialanarchist6469]

Some have reported that McGregor has two fights left on his ufc contract. If his leg is bum, does ufc own him forever?

[@huntermitchell3314]

If you don’t fight for four years the contract is voided with that civil case that just went through the courts

[@TB-bh8tj]

​@@huntermitchell3314Yes. It's called a sunshine clause I have it on many of my employees contracts.

[@huntermitchell3314]

@robertdavison3738 yeah not sure that applies to existing contracts or when act is in effect. Now I only heard this via aerial about a month ago and a few articles that were copy pasted on reddit . I’m neither lawyer or a smart person haha

[@jimmypinch]

He should wait for his whole life then maybe he can fight MacGregor in the afterlife 😊😂

[@carmelohernandez5171]

Honestly, just reading the headline. I don’t think he should wait at all.

[@paulyd6372]

Conor is a goof and a shell of the man he once was. He shredded RDA for pulling out for a worse injury. He’s a coked up, over the hill, has-been. Still the biggest draw UFC has but it doesn’t change what I just said.

[@John-s6u7c]

You are so right Ariel Strickland needs to go do the man dance with Whitteker

[@Hellkite-er5pg]

Strickland won't do it. He wants a title shot and only a title shot.

[@jrpyro310]

Ngl bro I didn’t know what tf you were talking about the first 30 min

[@Ruggz17]

Chandler gets no sympathy from me. He knew this could happen and he’s wasted the last handful of years left to compete

[@41_balisingh20]

Strickland vs Whittaker is the dumbest idea by Ariel 🤡🤦

[@thecasual4698]

34 minutes to get to the point is crazy

[@joshdubovsky5409]

Apparently you don't follow Strickland's socials....he's in Europe on vacation with his GF and is very obviously not available to fight Whitaker in less than two months. Additionally, Strickland beat DDP

[@jmz2144]

Lost 3 rounds to Dricus clearly, and last fight was pathetic it didn't deserve to be 5 rounds

[@dequanroberson5405]

Bo nickal vs Kelvin’s at 185 and if he gets past kelvin give him hermanson

[@olbapoli4074]

Re rob - I like the guy. Excellent fighter BUT he beat an unranked fighter coming from very short notice, already in a weight cut and most likely had to do another one.

[@couragethecowardlydog7333]

Michael Hachiko waited 2 years for his girl to respond to his emails and Urll think he gona give up on the Connor fight, Smh

[@NoGrrlLikeMe]

Ariel Let the Conor Conversation Die, nobody but Ariel is Glazing over another man Especially to Other Men who Aren’t Effected to His Fight Withdrawal.

[@jm12green31]

Anybody that has great respect for who Dana White is needs to get their head examined.

[@joshdubovsky5409]

Whitaker should change weight classes.

[@themedicalmarvels]

I’m not listening to Ariel talk for an hour lol. What am I? His wife?

[@ramonsalazar32]

ariel calling conor the face of ufc in 2024 is the most laughable statement ever

[@jizzahnurfaze-to3zq]

Cant stand that Adesanya just gets to sit on the sidelines and get title shots whenever he wants without fighting. Closing in on a year without fighting after getting a beating , yet gets to walk into a title shot again.

[@Swami650]

Can we get GC a bigger mike?

[@workaholic8089]

Why are so many fighters not making weight ?

[@ANaughtyLlama]

Conor will hold out for another 6 months to fight Diaz instead of chandler. Wait until September. Then move on

[@mickomag2768]

The interest in the fight is gone its not like the two pound for pound are fighting or something

[@Nicolas.Flamel89]

Go watch pirates documentary he still can see out that eye his eye vision is blurry. Literally had to take his eye out of the socket due to a issue mistake in surgery/didn’t take properly etc…..

[@dtruth5769]

WHITTAKER LUCKED OUT THAT KHAMZAT DIDNT SHOW

[@themikarenolds2910]

DDP most likely runs the table beats izzy and strickland/witicker winner or both of them

[@icetray]

Punching and elbows are not the same stop the cap

[@BigDuttyDeezeHD]

BKFC is definitely bigger than PFL

[@petersonjoshua8561]

Sean deserves the title shot…. Are you fooling?

[@maxmason1249]

“you just punch instead of elbow it’s the same thing” one of NY ricks worst takes, and that’s saying something

[@jizzahnurfaze-to3zq]

Whittaker is 0-2 vs Adesnya, losing once by stoppage. And 0-1 vs Duplessis via stoppage. Strickland outclassed Adesanya to a dominant decision, and lost a close decision to Duplessis. No reason for Strickland to fight Whittaker.

[@stephenwilliams4583]

Strickland v Whittaker is an awesome fight.

[@adamb8575]

Strickland gets the title shot then whitaker we dont want to see that fight. Whitaker lost twice to izzy and sean won....

[@bulletjones119]

Strickland should still be champ,damn Bobby knuckles!

[@joshuasmith6346]

Strickland needs to wait this out until title shot. He doesn't need a fight before then. He beat the piss outta izzy and got robbed his last fight. Not saying Strickland and whittaker wouldn't be a banger of a fight but Strickland shouldn't have to fight another fight

[@joshuasmith6346]

​@robertdavison3738atleast hes better than doggy diddler adisanya

[@travisspicer3271]

I personally think strictland should only fight for a title right now! He's done enough for his title shot. What rank was costa? And he beat him all 4/5 rounds. And had a close loss to dricus.

[@Youafool500]

If beating Costa is the benchmark to get a title shot then something is wrong, Costa is not interested anymore since Izzy

[@RealMattKiefer]

@@Youafool500he also arguably beat DDP. 1 of the judges, Dana white, most of the reputable media figures and plenty ufc fans think he won that fight. Judges are quick to say “damage wins fights.” DDPs face looked like dog food when it was over. Strickland was clean. DDP had multiple takedowns but did nothing with them.

[@didgya]

Strickland has earned a title shot over Izzy (I am an Izzy fan 😜) and should fight for the title next. It's up to the UFC to do the right thing but will they?

[@Youafool500]

@@RealMattKiefer I actually thought Sean won that fight, but if you look it up, it goes down as he lost, it’s what it is. I don’t have sympathy for any fighter losing on points, it’s MMA if you can’t get it done standing try and get a sub, so many ways to not leave it up to the dumb judges

[@SoyDuckHot]

foreverr FOReverrrr FOREVERRRRR

[@twowheelindealin5109]

Shara bullet can’t fight in the United States because the sanctions for the fights here won’t allow him to compete with one eye

[@randycantwell1275]

Bullet can't fight in US because he has 1 eyeball !!😮

[@truth1aaaaa1243]

Chandler wait forever😂

[@leroyfisher2138]

I feel like Conor is shooting for the sphere. Dana said its gonna be 1 and done while being the best event ever. Conor wants to put on the biggest show he can. The sphere is going to be crazy

[@TB-bh8tj]

Yes, time frame for September sounds about right.

[@nyteowl8069]

Dana has said multiple times that Conor wont be at the sphere

[@ElCyberWizard]

Ariel, no one is watching PFL and it’s okay.

[@owaiscarneiro226]

He just needs to move on and fight somebody else chandler ain't the waiting time his a top G

[@joshuasmith6346]

Chandler sounds like me in my 1st ever relationship. 😅

[@ChaseBaldwin-k6g]

Costa will get destroyed. He has never fought a wrestler first guy. Whitaker would have beat anyone they put there on Saturday.

[@DoubleMKGaming]

If all fighters were payed alot more, as they deserve. There wouldnt be a "need" for fighters to chase someone as dumb, as McNuggets..

[@justinflynn4787]

Ariel’s math: whittiker just won, he should have a title shot -Strickland beat Izzy - Strickland may have beat DDP Whittiker lost to Izzy x2 + knockout to DDP quick .. how is it even close .. Ariel math 😂

[@Gsjl1697]

Chama

[@BobWeber-m8t]

NOBODY watches PFL or Belatore. Would not even know where to look... if I cared.. which I dont

[@danielson6797]

Who me?

[@theboogeyman9813]

Should stopped 3 years ago. Wasted his entire prime. Do business with a snake you're bound to get bit. 🐍

[@theBMF]

He shouldn't have waited at all

[@drunkpaulocosta]

Nobody ever cared so he should keep fighting imo

[@Alexknowsbiz]

Watching Conor over the GOAT is blasphemy.

[@edotball]

he broke his toe the day before the presser it was bad timing....... sounds abit dodgy that

[@bmbm1]

Bellator had an event wtf lmao

[@liamliam7191]

The mcgregor Chandler is fighting is conors son in a pillow match

[@dtruth5769]

WWE HAS A MUCH BETTER PRODUCTION THAN UFC. NO COMPARISON!