Following our previous chat with Michael Chandler, Action Network has again sat down with the #6 ranked lightweight.
- Between 2013-2015, Michael Chandler lost three times and had a bout canceled.
- Chandler describes that period without a victory as more challenging than waiting a similar amount of time to face Conor McGregor.
- Chandler assures fans that his return to the UFC canvas is imminent: "My feet will hit that UFC canvas very soon."
“The losing streak I was on was definitely harder than waiting for Conor McGregor because as of right now, it doesn't even feel like I lost my last fight. It's been that long ago and seems that far away, but having three losses in that 688-day period, it was tough. Because coming from a wrestling background, I'd get the opportunity – If I lost on a Wednesday – to get back in the win column on a Saturday. But those months and years that went by without getting your hand raised – it was very, very tough.”
“I looked it up the other day [the period since my last fight] and I thought, ‘man, how crazy would it be if this fight gets booked right around that 688-day mark?’ Because someday I'm gonna be speaking on a stage talking about the 688-day losing streak that I had, and then also I'll be telling the story of being patient for 600 and something days, right? And for a guy who fights as often as I want to fight and have fought in my career, obviously these times are tough. But it needs to be said, patience is said to be one of the greatest qualities that a human being can have.”
“Patience is a virtue. Patience is one of the fruits of the spirit in the Bible. Patience is what men and women have built their lives upon. Yes, action, and moving forward with a halfway decent plan executed today is better than a perfect plan executed a year from now – General George Patton said that – all of those things are true. But patience is one of the most undervalued and underappreciated and most important aspects of the human spirit.”
“Yet when I am exercising this people are critical, so it's just been a very interesting scenario, and that's why I've realized that I'm running my own race. And I'm not worried about what other people are saying and don't worry. My feet will hit that UFC canvas very soon.”
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