Action Network has spoken to Michael Chandler in an exclusive interview. We sat down with the #6 ranked UFC fighter to speak about his relationship with Connor McGregor:
I have definitely learned how to silence McGregor [inner voice] more. I was a small guy from a small town who was taught to do small things, and I think there's just so many people that do resonate with that message. That message Mum and Dad told me, or grandma and grandpa told me, or the people in my town told me. This is what we do — this is the level that we climb to, and we don't climb past that because we are Chandlers, or we are from High Ridge, Missouri. So, I have continued to climb out of that box my entire career.
I think there are a lot of people that the story resonates with from around the world. It is part of the human condition. And I think some dragons you slay and some you get really good at pushing into a corner and managing them and realizing that they are your friend.
I was mad at the little guy for a very long time, and then once I began to acknowledge him and became friends with him, and realized that there are a lot of great things that I have accomplished and great things that I have acquired in this life because of him, I stopped hating him, and just started to embrace him and enjoying the ride.
We're on this journey together.
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