Amid uncertainty over his failed fight with former two-division champion, Conor McGregor, former lightweight title challenger, Michael Chandler has claimed an undisputed title fight with pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev has been offered to him for UFC 308 in October in Abu Dhabi,
Chandler, the current number six ranked divisional challenger, has been sidelined since 2022, most recently suffering a third round rear-naked choke submission loss to arch-rival, Dustin Poirier in the pair’s grudge fight at Madison Square Garden.
And slated to headline UFC 303 just last weekend during International FIght Week, Chandler saw a welterweight clash with former champion, McGregor fall to the wayside just weeks’ out, with the Dubliner fracturing a toe on his left foot.