Michael Chandler said he was going to start calling the shots in the UFC, and that’s exactly what he did following his upset knockout win over Dan Hooker in the UFC 257 co-main event on Saturday.
The former three-time Bellator lightweight champion immediately took to the mic to call out Khabib Nurmagomedov in his post-fight interview, vowing to become the first man to defeat the undefeated Dagestani.
“Conor McGregor; surprise, surprise, there is a new king in the lightweight division,” an ecstatic Chandler screamed down the microphone following his celebratory back flip off the cage (h/t Joe Coleman of Talk Sport).