Michael Chandler has no plans to reignite his feud with Patricio Pitbull now that they each compete below the UFC banner.
Final month, Dana White introduced that the promotion had signed the previous two-division Bellator titleholder and would make his Octagon debut on April 12 when the UFC heads again to Miami for a pay-per-view occasion contained in the Kaseya Heart.
That very same night time, Chandler will step into the co-main occasion highlight for a conflict with rising light-weight contender, Paddy Pimblett.
In fact, Chandler and Pitbull have a protracted historical past going again to their Bellator days, however ‘Iron’ made it clear that he has no real interest in mixing it up with Pitbull on MMA’s greatest stage.
“Yeah, not interested in relitigating anything, man,” Chandler informed CBS Sports activities. “I’m not a man who tries to get something again, and in addition I’m not a sort of man who likes to have any animosity. Clearly I knocked his brother out nearly twice, undoubtedly knocked him out as soon as fairly unhealthy. I believe there was a miscommunication there with the language barrier.
“I said something about family because of his brother and then I think he interpreted that as mom, wife, sister, brother, kids, and all that, and I think it got blown out of proportion to be honest with you. With that being said, I wish him the best in the UFC. I want him to come over and do well.”
Michael Chandler able to let ‘bygones be bygones’
Whereas Pitbull seems to nonetheless be annoyed by previous feedback from Chandler, the previous three-time Bellator light-weight champion plans to maintain issues skilled once they inevitably cross paths.
“He’s a 145’er, I’m a 155’er, I’ve got no interest in fighting Patricio ‘Pitbull,’ but it’ll be interesting to share the same card with him,” Chandler mentioned. “And when I do see him, I will shake his hand respectfully, might even apologize for the miscommunications in the past. Let’s let bygones be bygones. You don’t need to spend any of your energy on me. Focus on trying to become the featherweight champion of the UFC.”
Pitbull will face former interim champion Yair Rodriguez in his Octagon debut at UFC 314. Will probably be his first battle since scoring a third-round knockout in opposition to Jeremy Kennedy at a Bellator Champions Occasion in March. General, Pitbull is 36-7 and has received 4 of his final six.
