Conor McGregor Explains TUF 'Tussle' With Michael Chandler, Calls For Croke Park Fight

Conor McGregor discusses his time on TUF 31 alongside Michael Chandler and his desire to have the fight at Ireland's famed Croke Park.
Excerpt from the 03/15/2023 episode of The MMA Hour with Conor McGregor.
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[@getaforeheadreduction6017]

I think the build up between Mike and conor will be fairly respectful a little bit passive aggressive but respectful, regardless its gonna be a great fight

[@mmabythefire]

Exactly. Kind of like the natural feeling you would have if you KNOW your gonna fight someone. How could you NOT be passive aggressive.

[@TimboTbagz]

​@The Good Millionaire Your crusty grandma

[@zombiehead90ify]

​@The Good Millionaire me of course 🎉 hbd

[@Theblackvortex75]

I feel like Mike's gonna try to be nice and Conor just gonna keep going at him till he goes from passive aggressive to getting a little nasty 😅 think porier 2 to porier 3

[@veluta2549]

@The Good Millionaire fake

[@Ben_Dover15]

McGregor vs Nate would’ve been 209 times better

[@demarcogates5727]

Legendary

[@pKerViKNG]

:)

[@nicowins]

Haha imagine nate as a tuf coach 😅

[@zachburton8334]

It’d be better fs but still excited for him and Chandler

[@okstop-he8ug]

For the entertainment Yh, the fight would be one sided

[@BeefStuMacher]

Damn, they're already done filming? And now we have to wait until the end of May for the premiere.

[@chris4814b]

I like this connor. He was so often capable of down to earth conversation and assessment.

[@deshawnsalmon9175]

Imagine 2016 Conor in a main event in Ireland 🤯

[@JahEerie]

It would've been epic. Unfortunately he became a fulltime cokehead after Khabib took his soul.

[@stuntm7n]

Conor is going to be a brick wall for Chandler honestly, he's just much too crafty and dangerous. Chandler coming in fast-paced and explosive like he usually does should really not be his game plan here, Conor is different in that he will always have something for him in those exchanges. Conor's shots are going to land frequently, and when they do, they will hurt. Excited to see how it will go though, a classic it will be for sure.

[@junaidahmed2235]

Unless chandler uses that expolsive energy to take him down early. I don't see conor defending one of thrn explosive double legs from chandler early

[@theblaze2294]

He was to go for wrestling, or else chandler is gonna end up like Mendes or worse

[@kornandfoofighters]

My man is gonna be stiffer than his botoxed eyebrows

[@joescaletta9665]

Stuntmane take a look at Conor here in this interview man hes drunk af be ready to delete this comment if you think he has a chance to win, chandler is powerful and Dangerous he rocks and drops or Viciously Koes everyone he fights this is a dangerous matchup for Conor, Conor is not the same dangerous fighter bro he wasted years drinking whisky on a yacht he is not the same dangerous fighter he once was after making multi millions he sold his soul with the Floyd fight and hes nowhere near the same fighter anymore Nate Khabib And Dustin exposed him Chandler doesnt just have dangerous striking he has explosive wrestling this fight is going to be a huge problem for Conor and its going to most likely be Conors Retirement fight

[@kornandfoofighters]

@@theblaze2294 Wait what? Who? Chad Mendes? bra that was like 10 years ago? You know babies born then are now little 4 foot high people? Chad is like an old man whos BKFC and in the mountains? So wheres Conor? Conor is old and slow and banking in the last of his star with a god damn TUF season? Urgh this some BJ PENN FALLING

[@REVOFEV792]

Watch it be another Chael & Wanderlei type moment 😂

[@joshwolf5377]

Haww man wannanow wannanow I CANT LET YOU GET CLOSE

[@Jc_56]

Swoooonn

[@LucienYorg]

Mc G vs Diaz TUF would of been hilarious

[@incognito8269]

Dana white’s statement: he never decline a fight no matter how are the odds are against him the same reason dana loves him so much

[@dannyg2197]

Coke Park. Now that sounds like the kind of place to hold a Conor McGregor fight

[@blacksunoftheaether]

80.000 would be mental 😂 and tickets would be sold out in a day or 2 nps

[@harryjames9942]

Like how he said of the opening bell 😅 Diaz had you sprinting 🏃‍♂️

[@whatsupryan]

Diaz had you literally running in the Blackfoot in the 2nd fight 😂

[@3EqualsMCduh]

You're right but he also said at the opening bell

[@thelemonademan6235]

Mcgregor is a fantastic fighter, one the best ever ! Great man outside the ring as well, he loves his fans.~

[@muscleguru4174]

Can’t wait to see Conor back in the octagon

[@fobbitoperator3620]

*ko'd on his back

[@williambrookhouse2816]

@@fobbitoperator3620 I don’t anyone getting knocked out

[@fobbitoperator3620]

@William Brookhouse Chandler is a sledgehammer. Either he'll get thumped, or McNuggets will take an unplanned nap. I think Conor will get KO'd &, have his 4th loss in a row. He's lost his mojo...

[@SamA-ep9go]

"...on the opening bell..." thinking of Khabib . Lolll

[@Dumdumdumdum755]

God damn , his voice sounds so different. Thanks to all the juice he is doing

[@GOATEDsRx]

Helwani is a w

[@huoae]

DOES THE TOP HALF OF MCREGORS HEAD NOT LOOK LIKE CHANDLERS HEAD LMAO 0:23

[@joshuapierce9571]

A lil bit😂😂😂

[@craig0weston20]

Conor's fear factor as gone. He never sounds truly confident these days. Bless him

[@OutTaBeat]

I think he setteled himself enough hahaha

[@Matt10264]

Lol good try pal, but hes never been more confident, keep it pushing kid

[@josh7693]

If Chandler blitz's Conor in the beginning like he thinks, he will end up like Aldo. Conor will put up another master class striking clinic.

[@boksinjo]

facts

[@barbarapaparella1833]

​@@boksinjo huh. Conor hasn't looked good since the Cowboy fight. I'm a huge Conor fan but it's hard 2 say how motivated he is going 2 be.

[@thomasbrennan8760]

Even Poirier thinks Conor is the favorite in this fight

[@joshuapierce9571]

​@@barbarapaparella1833 Conor hasn't won since the cowboy fight. He didn't look bad in any of them. He just lost lol.

[@barbarapaparella1833]

@@joshuapierce9571 lmao. He looked horrible vs Khabib. Looked bad vs Dustin the first fight. Second fight his leg got screwed. Stop it. Conor hasn't looked like himself since the Eddie fight.

[@johnpotts2250]

That crooke park should happen tho bc hes talked about it since beginning

[@Marko-je8xz]

Conor was upset with ‘super necessary’ shots

[@memel0rdxxx696]

if short chandler going idiotic reckless against him it would be conor vs alvarez again

[@josh7693]

He'll end up like Aldo if he tries to blitz him, his entire style is made for Conor to pick apart lol

[@TheRealAbraxas]

Exactly. Chandler seems like he was designed in a lab for Conor to deliver a counter left straight to his chin lol. I still think Chandler will most likely win but I wouldn’t be surprised if Conor flatlines him, especially because this is at 170 so he’ll have that extra punching power.

[@JahEerie]

The Croke Park fight will NEVER HAPPEN. And he knows it.

[@Durin_Son]

He meant Coke Park

[@anthonyholmes3411]

He’s 100% right

[@marcushale4554]

Diaz put him on the back foot? Slapped him even,then Connor saw the door and took it,shot,gave up his back,tapped in a second

[@whatsupryan]

And even more in the second fight Conor was tired and running away lol

[@okstop-he8ug]

Nowadays Nate gets butchered for the whole fight. Nate is a shell of who he was

[@williambrookhouse2816]

At least he was game enough to go up weights and take these fights

[@Vagelis_tzif]

He looks like Tom hardy now damn 😂

[@vhyles]

Chandler finally getting that red panty night he's been dreaming of since joining the UFC. He must be beside himself and praying each day the fight doesn't get cancelled or something due to Connie's coke dependency.

[@ivanracine431]

Conor thé man the legend 👍👍👍

[@Durin_Son]

I think there was a man who broke your back foot on the first round lol. Dustin fooked you up brudah.

[@mayalauzon6242]

Nate would have been amazing too watch coach against Connor

[@DillionDallas]

Damn his voice is so different. The roids really changed it

[@conanmcclanahan1069]

Dude his whole face is different...

[@sayyid5869]

I think he’s off the sniff aswell.

[@Oakenlix]

​@@conanmcclanahan1069 yeah, shaving does that to a man

[@conanmcclanahan1069]

@@Oakenlix Puffs out their nose, forehead, and cheeks? That's crazy because I have a beard that I regularly have to shave... but none of the effects of heavy cocaine and methampetamine abuse.

[@Borgborg128]

@@conanmcclanahan1069the bloat face is a roid use side effect due to water retention. Coke and meth gives a sunken cheek, eye bag look

[@clarkgable3731]

Never ducks a fight

[@jsaquaticX]

We all grow up this man change we all do if we want remember that ....

[@aeep1999]

Does Conor only need to take take two tests and he can start fighting again ?

[@keithrozeski8463]

Yeah funny how they edited that out. If you go back and watch it there's no mention of that now.

[@delarocha4135]

This is a clone of Mr. Majestic

[@QassimArib]

Damn i wish it was with Nate

[@danplasma]

so much HGH his head shape changed.....Rogan effect

[@codywoof7059]

So we got robbed of the trilogy with nate diaz? WTF

[@billbally4419]

Looks like he had a facelift

[@SOSbySZA]

He’s so fine

[@MyKillz44]

Chandler is not getting that fight.

[@biggiesmalls5895]

Of course he Conor’s never given his word he’s fighting an opponent and then not to it

[@ajm5911]

Ahh man imagine Conor Nate tuf 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@SirajKhan-yw8qg]

You gonna be smash from chandler 😂

[@mega.therion3008]

The MacGregor fans that I've been following since the beginning would love to see a match take place for him in his own backyard. Even those of us that won't be there

[@ianoshea1837]

Fight and kick Michael chandler at crowe Park.

[@tevinsouraphol4981]

2023 Connor will has tough time winning he might end up in the lawsuit.

[@danielhall2870]

Anyone notice the stutter mote than usual? Early signs of brain damage?

[@LostSoul-vk7no]

It's either that or cocaine

[@doperat9630]

Conor would love to fight at coke Park

[@biggiesmalls5895]

Wow bro that’s hilarious 😐

[@williambrookhouse2816]

Absolute belter of a joke how did you come up with that just wow

[@Apaclypse]

Omg, delusional. Nate Diaz, Khabib, Floyd, and Dustin put Conor on the “back foot”.

[@REVOFEV792]

He said “from the starting bell” listen closely

[@biggiesmalls5895]

Think you need to listen more my friend

[@americancapitalist8840]

Why does he look so different?

[@chappbandz]

Back foot, you literally ran from Nate

[@REVOFEV792]

From bell? That moment happened in the 4th round 😂

[@madclacker636]

chandlers a punching bag Conor guna ko him...