Ahead of the UFC’s first event of the year, and more importantly the first event with their new broadcast partner in Paramount, company CEO Dana White has been doing the media rounds and changed his stance on the biggest question in the sport.

🚨 Dana White says he is NOT interested in booking Conor McGregor vs Michael Chandler at the UFC White House card 😬

"That was a couple years ago. No."

(via @Complex) pic.twitter.com/Tirsmy5PJA

— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) January 15, 2026

For the past several months since it was announced, the UFC boss has been asked at nearly every media appearance about the event being held at the White House later this year. Specifically, which fights will be on the card and of course which matchup will get the honor of headlining the seminal event. The frontrunner has been the the sport’s biggest mainstream star Conor McGregor taking on his opposing coach from The Ultimate Fighter reality series Michael Chandler. In interviews throughout 2025, White made several comments acknowledging McGregor’s commitment to being on the card and saying how he can count on McGregor with such a responsibility as opposed to another superstar in Jon Jones.

However, in an interview Thursday morning with Matt Welty of Complex, White was asked once again about McGregor vs Chandler headlining the event. Specifically, Welty asked “I know there’s all that talk of Michael Chandler and Conor, do you see that as a realistic thing?” to which White responded “No. That was a couple years ago.”

When Welty followed up “So that’s nothing you’d entertain for the White House?” White reiterated. “No. No.”

Considering the amount of attention on the event since nearly a year out from the date, many have felt that the addition of a superstar like McGregor or Jones (perhaps even both) to the card would make it potentially one of the most viewed events in UFC history. When Jones reportedly turned down a record $30 million for a fight with Tom Aspinall that was verbally agreed to, it appeared that White and the UFC were moving forward in favor of McGregor taking the spot by himself. Further, the idea of McGregor headlining the event was bolstered considering he was invited to the office and even spoke with the White House press while there which seemed to indicate he was in the place where he’d be favored to get the privilege.

Should White stand by these most recent comments as the event draws nearer, it is now anyone’s guess who they might choose to headline their most talked about card in years.

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Per a report by Deadline, Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler have both joined the cast, and will appear alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House 2. In addition, Michael “Venom” Page, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson, Tyron Woodley, and kickboxing star Rico Verhoeven are all onboard. Former UFC fighter Jay Hieron will return, reprising his role as Jax “Jetway” Harris from the 2024 film, a remake of the Patrick Swayze original.

McGregor portrayed Knox, chief antagonist to Gyllenhaal’s Elwood Dalton in the initial installment. The Knox character does survive the climax of the movie, as shown while the credits roll. It seems McGregor might be too busy to return, however, as the fighter targets a comeback at next year’s UFC White House card.

Road House 2 falls under the Amazon MGM Studios banner, and will shoot in the U.K., Malta, and Savannah, Georgia, per Deadline’s report. The original film drew in 80 million viewers during its first eight weeks of release on Amazon’s Prime Video platform.

Ilya Naishuller replaces Doug Liman in the director’s chair. Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps; the 2024 film found Gyllenhaal as Dalton, a former UFC fighter, working as a bouncer in a dive bar in the Florida keys. He winds up drawn into a hostile takeover of Road House, the bar, with a local crime lord trying to buy up the property.

Woodley has previously appeared in Olympus Has Fallen, Escape Plan 2, and the Netflix series Cobra Kai, among others. Poirier will be making his acting debut, while Chandler has one film credit to his name, the little-known horror flick Be Afraid.

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A number of fighters now need to bounce back, including some big names.

Diego Lopes

Diego Lopes put up a valiant effort in the main event of UFC 314 but was ultimately out fought by former champion, Alexander Volkanovski on the way to a unanimous decision defeat. However, the fight did break the four-card drought of there not being a Fight of the Night. Diego had a great showing; but was simply outclassed by Volk. The loss is just Diego’s second with the UFC.  It snaps his five-fight win streak dating back to his second fight with the promotion in August of 2023.

All things considered, Diego’s ascent thru the ranks of the UFC’s featherweight division has been both remarkable and fast. Lopes entered this bout ranked at #3 in the division while Alexander was the #1 contender. Diego lost little momentum from his loss at UFC 314.

Ideal next fight for Diego would be against Yair Rodriguez. Yair won his bout against UFC newcomer and former Bellator featherweight champion, Patricio Pitbull, earlier on the card. That fight is an absolute no brainer. Both Yair and Lopes are high paced, high output fighters. Yair’s kicks and diverse striking against Diego’s wild power would be an exciting matchup for the fans. And as an added bonus for UFC fans and execs, the timing could matchup for this fight to go down during Hispanic heritage month between mid-September and mid-October. This fight could easily headline a card with the winner getting the next title shot in the 145lbs division (though Noche UFC seems like the obvious option).

Lopes’s next fight: Yair Rodriguez

Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler put on a largely disappointing performance on his way to being bloodied, brutalized and finished by Paddy Pimblett in the third round their co main event on Saturday. Chandler came into the octagon with a #7 ranking while his opponent was ranked at #12.  But when the fight actually started, it looked the other way around. Michael had some brief moments but the soon to be 39-year-old, was largely outfought in every aspect on his way to his third straight loss. Michael could just not find a way to get inside. Chandler has now lost five of his last six fights. Bringing his record to an abysmal 2-5, since joining the UFC back in early 2021.

So many different ways this could go for Chandler. Its whatever he wants to do. When the rankings are updated, he shouldn’t be in the top 15- (but he likely will be just based off name value). Beating a dead horse at this point but- the Conor McGregor fight still makes sense. Chandler is the perfect size and style of fighter that Conor made a name off of KO’ing. Michael looked really bad in his last performance, and it could give Conor just enough confidence to swoop in and take that fight.

If that fight doesn’t materialize there is little else that makes sense at this point. Unless someone in the lightweight division wants to fight down for a money fight (I’m looking at you, Renato Moicano). But a fight that makes a lot more sense for Chandler, at this stage, would be against the loser of Joel Alvarez vs Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 315 next month. The timing would work well for that fight, as Chandler is going to need some time off to recover. Benoit is currently ranked at #13 at lightweight, while Joel is unranked. Alvarez is riding a three-fight win streak while Benoit has lost his last two. Fight would be another striker’s delight but could go to the ground as its now a known point of least resistance against Chandler. It’s high time for Chandler to have to fight down.

Chandler’s next fight: Conor McGregor or Loser of Benoit Saint-Denis vs. Joel Alvarez

Patricio Pitbull

Patricio Pitbull couldn’t really get going on his way to a unanimous decision defeat against Yair Rodriguez at UFC 314. Saturday was the 37-year-old former Bellator featherweight champion’s UFC debut which unfortunately did not go to plan.

There are a lot of directions Pitbull could go in at this point. Patricio has a limited amount of time to get the caliber of fights he wants before he retires. A fight against Bryce Mitchell could make a lot of sense. Mitchell competed just before Patricio on UFC 314’s main card on Saturday. As The Ultimate Fighter Season 27 winner and with his vocal ‘brash’ personality, Bryce is as fighter with a lot of clout. Bryce is a huge threat on the ground and was ranked at #13 on Saturday. This would be a good litmus test for Pitbull to see if he even deserves to be in the rankings or if he should strictly be looking for those eye-popping matchups at this stage of his fight career.

Pitbull’s next fight: Bryce Mitchell

Bryce Mitchell

Bryce Mitchell started out strong but was quickly out-struck on his way to an embarrassing second round submission loss to Jean Silva. Michell had a lot of pressure on him heading into the fight as Silva specifically called him out. Mitchel also entered the fight ranked at #13 while Jean was unranked, adding to the pressure.

Mitchell has now lost three of his last five fights, finished in all three. To be fair, all his losses in this time period have been against good competition (Ilia Topuria, Josh Emmett and Jean Silva). But Bryce’s best win was a unanimous decision against Dan Ige in 2023. Bryce will likely lose his ranking when they are updated and will need to prove himself in his next bout. That’s why a fight against a former Bellator champ like Pitbull would make a lot of sense for Bryce. Especially considering how Pitbull performed against Yair at UFC 314. If Bryce can go in there and finish him or take it to him and earn a lopsided victory, he could very easily see himself propelled back into the rankings.

Mitchell’s next fight: Patricio Pitbull

Nikita Krylov

Nikita Krylov was countered and finished by Dominick Reyes in the first round of their fight to open the UFC 314 main card. The loss snapped Kryolv’s 3-fight winning streak dating to 2022, which included two finishes.

Krylov entered the fight ranked at #8 in the UFC’s light heavyweight division while Reyes was ranked at #11. Krylov was supposed to fight Azamat Murzakanov back in November. However, the fight fell apart after Azamat withdrew.

Azamat is a 2021 Contender Series alum. The 14-0, 36-year-old is 4-0 under the UFC banner and has stopped all but one of his opponents. Azamat was last in action in August when he smoked Alonzo Menifield in just two rounds. Unfortunately, Murzakanov who is the #12 ranked fighter 205lbs., is already matched up against the #10 ranked, Johnny Walker. Those two are scheduled to fight at UFC 316 in June. Walker is currently riding a two-fight losing skid, but the fan favorite, freak athlete, is always dangerous. The loser of this fight would make a lot of sense for Nikita to get back on the right track. And guaranteed violence for the fans with a high likelihood of a finish no matter who Krylov fights. Winner of that fight would be right in #8-13 rankings.

Krylov’s next fight: Loser of Johnny Walker vs Azamat Murzakanov

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Chandler (23-9) hoped to score a big win over Pimblett after losing two in a row against Charles Oliveira and Dustin Poirier respectively. The former Bellator champion made his move to the UFC in 2021, but has only managed a 2-4 record. That could have been better had he not been out of action while waiting for a fight with Conor McGregor that is yet to materialize.

Pimblett (22-3) remained undefeated in the UFC coming into UFC 314. The very popular Liverpool product brought the Paddy show to Miami. He holds victories over Jared Gordon, Tony Ferguson and King Green to name a few.

Round 1 Pimblett was quite a bit bigger than Chandler so after a short exchange, Chandler found an opening for a takedown and got it. Paddy began landing elbows on the had of Chandler who lifted him up, but couldn’t slam him back down.

Chandler landing knees to the legs with Pimblett trying to get his back on the fence to face him. Chandler tried to slam him, Pimblett jumped for a triangle instead, but couldn’t get it. Pimblett found his way to his feet right after.

Pimblett then became the hunter following Chandler around the cage and looking for big right hands and switch kicks.

Round 2 Chandler came out offensively for a bit, but then Pimblett took the hunter role once again and began landing on him. Chandler continued to give Pimblett a target and the Liverpool native took it until Chandler landed a low blow on Pimblett.

Once the action began again Chandler went back to looking for takedowns given the lack of success on the feet. He took Pimblett down, but couldn’t keep him down for long. Chandler took the back, but he was too high, Pimblett spun to face him and took top position.

Chandler blocked the knee slice into mount so Pimblett resorted to landing elbows to the head. Pimblett took the back, Chandler went to his back and began to eat some ground and pound. Round ended with Pimblett landing shots from back position.

Round 3 Pimblett came out aggressive landing a knee on Chandler that busted him wide open. Then he went in, got his own takedown, and took Chandler’s back. The rest of the fight was Chandler going from mount to back take and taking a ton of damage before the ref called the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen…Paddy Pimblett has arrived to the top.

Official Result: Paddy Pimblett def. Michael Chandler via R3 TKO, 3:07

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Headlined by Alexander Volkanovski vs. Diego Lopes for the title vacated by Ilia Topuria (who technically remains champ until the opening bell sounds), there’s not one but three high profile 145lb match-ups for fans to look forward to.

Of course, Volk vs. Lopes has the belt on the line, with questions surrounding rather Australian Volkanovski can return to form and regain his old title after back-to-back losses. Not to mention whether he can overcome the surging and increasingly popular Diego Lopes. Past that, however, there is the debut of Bellator great Patricio Pitbull, a multi-time, two-weight champion in the new defunct organization. Pitbull gets Yair Rodriguez in his promotional debut, though Yair was quarreling with Lopes at Thursday’s press conference over a grudge between their respective teams, rather than showing much hostility to Pitbull.

And even all the drama pales in comparison to Bryce Mitchell vs. Jean Silva. Mitchell has somehow managed to dethrone Sean Strickland as the UFC’s most controversial fighter (don’t worry, Strickland fans, he’s no doubt busy on Twitter right now doing his best to reclaim his spot). From calling Adolf Hitler a “good guy to go fishing with” to choosing “White Power” as his alternate nickname just a day before UFC 314, Mitchell hasn’t just courted controversy, he’s dove straight into hit head first.

While criticism of Mitchell has riled up his supporters, a good portion of the UFC fanbase have now thrown themselves behind Jean Silva. Mitchell has been booed mercilessly at two straight press conferences and had to endure countless “f*ck Bryce Mitchell” chants from Silva and fans. Whether that fires him up enough to get the win over the Brazilian on Saturday remains to be seen.

Somehow, we’ve said all that and not even mentioned a banger of a co-main event between Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett.

Our crew is pretty divided on Saturday’s UFC 314 main card, but read on for our picks!

Writer / Fight	Krylov vs. Reyes	Mitchell vs. Silva	Rodriguez vs. Pitbull	Chandler vs. Pimblett	Volkanovski vs. Lopes
Eddie Law (40-22)
Alex Behunin (39-23)
Patrick McCorry (38-24)
Mathis Desjardins (37-25)
Jay Anderson (36-26)
Chris Prawdzik (29-21)
Cade Morehouse (7-7)

Patricio Pitbull was a favorite to win his debut over Yair Rodriguez, while most of our crew sided with former Bellator champ Michael Chandler against Paddy Pimblett. There were zero unanimous picks on the card, however, and the remaining fights were all quite close.

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Volkanovski is the rare fighter coming off back-to-back losses to be granted a title show, though to be fair he’s a former dominant champ himself, and one of those losses came at lightweight against Islam Makhachev. As for Lopes, he’s been red-hot ever since losing his short-notice debut against Movsar Evloev a few years ago. Then known as Alexa Grasso’s jiu-jitsu coach and a longtime regional vet in MMA, Lopes has become a fan favorite, and jumped over the unbeaten Evloev to reach a title shot first.

In the co-main event of UFC 314, meanwhile, Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett meets former Bellator champ/UFC title challenger Michael Chandler in a key lightweight fight.

Weigh-ins for UFC 314 take place Friday, April 11, 2025 in Miami, Florida. Full results can be found below.

Things went according to plan at Friday’s UFC 314 official weigh-in until it came down to just two fighters: Jean Silva and Nora Cornolle. Both missed weight on their initial attempts, with a fired up Silva promising he would cut the final pound. Given how energetic he seemed, it felt very possible that he would, and just 40 minutes later, he hit the featherweight limit at 146lbs.

Cornolle was not so lucky. She looked somewhat depleted on her first attempt, then returned nearly an hour later, weighing just half a pound less. She then stepped off the scale and appeared to trim her hair a bit. Already stripped down behind the barrier, she got back on the scale and was still 137.5. Cornelle then sat on the scale for some time after, no doubt devastated with the miss.

UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes Weigh-In Results

Main card

Featherweight: Alexander Volkanovski (145) vs. Diego Lopes (145) – for the vacant UFC featherweight championship
Lightweight: Michael Chandler (156) vs. Paddy Pimblett (156)
Featherweight: Bryce Mitchell (146) vs. Jean Silva (146)*
Featherweight: Yair Rodríguez (146) vs. Patrício Pitbull (145)
Light Heavyweight: Nikita Krylov (206) vs. Dominick Reyes (206)

Preliminary card

Featherweight: Dan Ige (146) vs. Sean Woodson (146)
Women’s Strawweight: Yan Xiaonan (116) vs. Virna Jandiroba (116)
Lightweight: Jim Miller (156) vs. Chase Hooper (156)
Middleweight: Sedriques Dumas (185) vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk (186)

Early preliminary card 

Featherweight: Darren Elkins (145) vs. Julian Erosa (146)
Flyweight: Su Mudaerji (126) vs. Mitch Raposo (126)
Middleweight: Tresean Gore (186) vs. Marco Tulio (186)
Women’s Bantamweight: Nora Cornolle (137.5)* vs. Hailey Cowan (136)

* Cornolle weighed in two pounds over the limit for her bantamweight fight with Hailey Cowan. She made a second attempt, at 137.5, stepped off the scale, then attempted a third after what appeared to be a slight hair trim, but was 137.5 again. She has been fined 20% of her purse; the fight will move forward
** Silva weighed in one pound over the limit for his featherweight fight with Bryce Mitchell. Allotted an extra hour, Silva successfully shed the final pound, weighing in at 146 roughly 40 minutes later

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If this was a “what did we learn?” type of story, well, for starters, Bryce Mitchell has apparently killed a lot of dogs. On the “crazy things Bryce has said” scale, that still only registers about a four, and since he clarified it was about his farm, well, we’ll just leave his “they all squeal before they die” line as a particularly gruesome bit of trash talk from a man who pinky swears he has no hate in his heart.

That’s not one of those articles however. Rarely do we learn much from UFC press conferences. There’s some banter, usually cringe-worthy, a few face-offs, and occasionally the need to separate a couple of fighters who almost certainly aren’t about to risk a payday to throw two or three punches on stage.

Thursday was different. Mitchell and Silva’s grudge match aside, Diego Lopes and Yair Rodriguez got into it, appearing genuinely irate at one another over allegations that Rodriguez teammate Marco Beltran, a former UFC fighter himself, was jumped by Lopes’ crew (with Lopes responding that Beltran had threatened a girl on his own team). Much of that was screamed and hollered in Spanish, with even translator extraordinaire Fabiano Buskei struggling to keep up.

And once cooler heads prevailed, there was still Jon Anik’s pick for Fight of the Night at UFC 314, Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett, featuring two stars with no shortage of personality.

Pimblett has claimed that Scousers (that’s folks from Liverpool, for those unaware) don’t get knocked out. Ergo, Paddy “The Baddy” does not get knocked out. Never has. “I’ve got so many different ways that I can win this fight. Everyone thinks I’m going to get knocked out because I leave my chin high, but I told you, this chin is made of granite lad,” exclaimed Pimblett, who is already one of the biggest British stars the UFC has featured. “I’m not getting knocked out, I’ve never been knocked out before, but Mike has, and I’ll do it again on Saturday.”

“He hasn’t been knocked out yet, but he also hasn’t hasn’t been knocked out by these,” Chandler said later, raising his fist. “Jefferson county javelins. The son of Mike Chandler Sr., a union carpenter for all those years. When I hit people, they go to sleep!”

Michael Chandler also took a swipe at Paddy’s “jingle,” the “Oh, Paddy the Baddy” chant that fans sing on his way out and during fights. “I don’t need a jingle to try to sell myself. You know who has jingles? Second-rate car insurance salesmen, ambulance chasers, and fast food. I’m the real deal, and the real deal don’t need a jingle.”

Despite the one-liners and mic drop moments, Chandler vs. Pimblett has had a cordial, respectful build-up ahead of UFC 314 — but there is absolutely no way this one will be a boring fight.

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“I’m a guy who is not afraid to take risks, and brave the unknown, and do ill-advised things (to the masses) at times,” Chandler (23-9), a former multiple-time Bellator MMA champion, told media outlets during Wednesday’s media day. “But I also am a man of my word. So when the UFC approached me about it, the answer was ‘yes, I just don’t know timeline-wise.'”

Chandler had injuries he had to clear up following his fight with Charles Oliveira, but ultimately it came down to wanting to get back in the cage, and get the bad taste out of his mouth following his unanimous decision loss to “Do Bronx” back in November. “I felt like I was about to have the best performance of my life, and had a little thing happen to me inside the octagon which changed the entire thing. So now we’re back, we’re ready, we’ve had a phenomenal training camp, and it was ready to roll.”

“Iron” Michael Chandler also has added motivation to get back to work, with his daughter being born just a few days ago.

Heading into the match-up, you’d be forgiven for expecting a grudge match. Pimblett has been know for beefing with opponents, and even with fighters he’s not paired up with, during fight week. Exhibit A, Topuria, Ilia. Yet things have remained pretty friendly between the Brit and the American ahead of UFC 314.

“I wasn’t sure honestly what to expect to be honest with you. I know he’s got some funny trash talk, he likes to get in the mix, he’s not afraid, he’s got that Scouser accent,” stated Chandler.

“Paddy and I have crossed paths many times. After I was at his fight against Ferguson, I came up to him and congratulated him because why not? Even if he’s in my weight class, even if I knew he was a young, hungry star on the rise, could be coming, sitting right here some day to fight me, this sport’s about respect, and I respect the heck out of him,” he added. “We’re very cordial. We don’t need to hate each other to go out there and steal the show. Chandler vs. Pimblett is the people’s main event, and we will steal the show on Saturday night. And we’ll shake hands and maybe share a pint after.”

Chandler has long been linked to Conor McGregor, despite the pair never having fought. They coached opposite one another on The Ultimate Fighter 31, and were briefly linked to an officially announced bout at UFC 303, only for McGregor to break his toe.

More recently, McGregor has expressed interest in running for President in his native Ireland. Chandler gave his response to that, speaking with Cageside Press at Wednesday’s media day.

“I think you should vote. I think you should vote for Conor McGregor for President of Ireland if you’re a resident of Ireland,” Chandler said with a laugh, before admitting he really didn’t know what to make of the situation or what McGregor was thinking. “You talk about me, burnout and busy and whatnot, that guy’s got his hands in a thousand different things, for better or worse. We’ll see what happens. It could just be a political stunt, it could just be for attention. Not a bad move if it is. We’ll see.

Watch the full UFC 314 media day appearance by Michael Chandler above.

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#12 Pimblett (22-3) will be part of the co-main event on a stacked UFC 314 card against #7 Michael Chandler with plenty on the line if you ask the Liverpool native.

“First five-round fight in the UFC, first proper co-main event, when I was co-main event last time I was just move up to it because a fight fell out. Can’t wait to go to Miami,” Pimblett told ESPN Deportes.

“It’s going to be amazing. Nice jump up the rankings. Beat Michael Chandler, jump up to rank 7. One more fight away from a title shot I think.”

A win over Chandler has earned others title shots, and it’s something Pimblett believes should come his way as well. One case in point was Charles Oliveira.

“Charles, he just beat Chandler. If Chandler gets a title shot off beating Chandler, then I want a title shot when I beat Chandler,” he said.

“This fight I think, personally, it shuts everyone up. When I beat Chandler no one can really say anthing.”

If Pimblett seems set on proving people wrong it’s because he likely is. One man in particular is UFC lightweight legend Dustin Poirier. Poirier has said he wants his next fight to be his last, but turned down Pimblett saying he wanted ‘legends only’ for his last go.

“Well he said something about me the other day, didn’t he? Saying it’s ‘legends only’ and he thinks Chandler would beat me. I think he should have one more fight. He looked good in his last fight. I don’t understand why you’d retire when you look good,” he said.

“But he must be an idiot. I think I beat Dustin Poirier, so I’d love to fight him.”

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Paddy “The Baddy” has long been on the rise, a hot hand in the 155lb division ever since his arrival in the company after a high-profile stint at home in Cage Warriors. Pimblett’s star power, frequently on display in that U.K. promotion, has translated well to the UFC, where Pimblett stole the show at the promotion’s London return in 2022 (the first card back after the pandemic), and in high-profile match-ups with Tony Ferguson and King Green.

At Friday’s UFC 314 press conference (the event itself arrives in April), there was mutual respect shown between the veteran and Pimblett.

“The resume speaks for itself. I’ve done nothing but doing hand-to-hand combat for 24 years. I love what I do, and I love doing the UFC,” Chandler stated, with Cageside Press on hand, when asked about his reason for taking the fight after focusing on some of lightweight’s living legends the past few years. “And if you don’t love the brand of Paddy Pimblett – it’s fun, it’s exciting. He’s a guy who brings it.”

“Scoursers don’t get knocked out,” added Chandler. “We’ll put his name to the test. UFC 314. Let’s go baby.”

Pimblett, who hails from Liverpool (“scouser” comes from Lobscouse, a local stew popular with sailors), believes the fight could be the one that finally sees him graduate from prospect to contender in the eyes of fans. Of course, while Pimblett certainly hopes so, he also understands the fickle nature of the sport.

“Yeah. Every fight I’m underestimated and overlooked. But I’m getting in there now with someone who’s top 10, someone who’s fought all the legends in the division. He’s fought for the title. So finally, I’m going to get in there and when I win, people can’t chat sh*t,” stated Pimblett, before adding “but they will.”

“The goal posts always get moved when I win, people will start saying stuff. But I’m going to be ranked #7 once this fight’s over, and I will be in title contention.”

Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett collide at UFC 314 on April 10, 2025 in Miami, Florida.

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