If familiarity does indeed breed contempt, then Michael Chandler should have more than enough hostility built up within him ahead of his latest Ultimate Fighting Championship assignment.
The 38-year-old Missouri native will confront Charles Oliveira for a second time when their rematch serves as the co-main event for UFC 309 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Chandler lost to the Brazilian submission savant via second-round technical knockout four years ago and enters the cage with setbacks in four of his past five outings. He last competed at UFC 281, where he tapped to a rear-naked choke from American Top Team’s Dustin Porier on Nov.