Interviewer 7: (36:41)Michael, over here, mate. So Dana said he’s not a fan of the back-flip.
Michael Chandler: (36:47)That was the first back-flip I’ve ever done in my entire career off the cage. So-
Interviewer 7: (36:51)I mean, the landing, I was worried.
Michael Chandler: (36:52)
Well, I always do back-flips from the canvas-to-canvas, not cage-to-canvas. So I’m really sorry, Dana, about that, but legs are great. My F-ing and ankles and F-ing knees or whatever he said earlier, they’re good. They’re fine.
Interviewer 7: (37:09)
He also said he didn’t quite hear what you said to him in the cage. So do you want to relay the message to him?
Michael Chandler: (37:17)
I don’t quite know either. I was blacked out. I won’t remember any of this either. No, but probably just something like … something about Khabib.(37:28)
Listen, I was sitting back there, over there at the site of his press conference. I’m like “Daggum, dude, you must not want to come back. If you don’t want to come back, that’s fine. But don’t act like your levels above me.”(37:38)
I promise you. I will bury that man. I’m getting mad thinking about it, but I would love to fight him. But like I said, he’s the champion for a reason. He deserves to sail off into the sunset. So no more back-flips, because of F-ing ankles and F-ing knees. But yeah, I just, sad, “Let’s go, man. I’m excited.” Probably said something about the promo I cut at the end. We’ll see.
Interviewer 7: (38:07)
Going back to Habib’s retirement. Obviously, your road to the UFC, a lot of people would have liked to have seen you here a lot earlier, but will it be a bit sad that you don’t get to test yourself against Habib, obviously undefeated, the man who many consider to be the greatest lightweight champion of all? Would it feel a bit almost tainted if you won the title and it wasn’t against him?
Michael Chandler: (38:29)
To know that he’s out there and still in his prime, it’s a little tough pill to swallow. Because when a guy retires because he’s past his prime, or he just barely held on long enough to retire …(38:45)
Like GSP, did he retire with the title? Yeah, he retired with the title and just wanted to … but he had earned that right, just like could be Khabib did. But he was kind of past his prime a little bit, not really. (38:56)
I think what we think a fighter’s prime is as much later than most people would say. Everybody says, “It’s a young man’s game.” It’s not. Every superstar on this roster is post-30 now, almost. (39:08)
So it will be a little bittersweet if it’s not against Habib, because I think he’s the greatest of all-time thus far, in the lightweight division. But as I said, if we fight, he’s going to be 29 and Chandler.
Speaker 8: (39:25)Thank you, guys.
Speaker 9: (39:26)Thank you, guys. (silence)
John: (39:53)
Conor, clearly, I’m sure, frustrated with the result, not what you’re hoping for, but what are the emotions like for you right now?
Conor McGregor: (40:01)
Yeah, it’s heartbreaking, John. It’s hard to take. Damn. [Inaudible 00:40:04]. The highest highs and the lowest lows in this game. My leg is completely dead. And even though I felt like I was checking them, it was just sinking into the muscle at the front of the leg. And it was badly compromised. It’s like an American football [inaudible 00:19:21]. So, it is what it is.(40:25)
Dustin fought a helluva of a fight, engaged in the take down with him. I thought I done well. I got up [inaudible 00:40:31] him. I was in my head, thinking, “I’ll take him down. I’m going to just tie up now.”(40:35)
I felt all right in the clinch with him. I was better than him in the clinch, but too little, too late. The leg was compromised, and I didn’t adjust. That’s it. Fair play.(40:47)
Dustin, very happy for him. I’m very happy that I got to compete in this in these times and come back May 11th UFC main event. And that’s it. It’s hard.(40:59) I don’t know where I’m at, at the minute, to be honest.
John: (41:03)
We think about your mental toughness and what you’re made of. I mean, was that difficult for you to know, like, This leg just isn’t working anymore. Like there’s, I’m, I’m dead in here.”?
Conor McGregor: (41:13)
I was going to tough it out. Do you know what I mean? I toughed it out as much as I could, but it was an unusual one [inaudible 00:20:19], where I would feel okay in sparring or something, checking that side.(41:23)
I felt like I lifted the leg up multiple times, but it just sunk into the muscle at the front, and it was badly compromised. And then Dustin had a good, solid defense as well, too. So when I was pressing forward with the shots, he was defending well.(41:40)It is what it is. He fought a helluva fight, and that’s it. What can you do? I’m happy for him.
John: (41:44)
You said the inactivity just caught up to you. I mean, is it physical? Is it a timing? what was the cost of the inactivity?
Conor McGregor: (41:52)
It’s the whole shebang. You know what I mean? But I have no excuses here. It was a phenomenal performance by Dustin, and that’s it. I don’t know what I …(42:03)
… and that’s it, I don’t know what to say. I’m going to go back, I’m going to chill out, I’m just going to watch the full fight and get a better grasp on it. But the leg was compromised and I was rushing the shots a little bit and I didn’t adjust. And that’s that, it’s a bitter, bitter pill to swallow. And I don’t even know whether I’m that upset, I don’t know. I don’t know what to say.
John: (42:29)
Last thing for me, Conor, Dana was here earlier and he said like he hadn’t talked to you yet, but he was like, “This could go one of two ways. Either A, Conor gets hungry, you know what I mean? It drives him and he comes back better than ever. Or he walks away. He know he’s got money in the bank, he doesn’t need to do this.” As you sit there right now, which of those two paths sounds right?
Conor McGregor: (42:47)
Yeah. I’ll certainly regroup, I’ll regroup and pick myself up, you know what I mean? Get up off the floor and go again and that’s it. Styles make fights, there’s many great stylistic match-ups out there. Me, myself and Dustin are one-and-one myself, and Nate are one-and-one. There’s many good match-ups for me and I’ll adopt a different approach for the trilogy, I feel with Dustin, because those leg kicks are not to be messed with. You know what I mean? A that calf kick, the low calf kick, I’ve never experienced that. (43:16)
And it just was a good one, so it’s not that I haven’t got the style in me to switch it up and keep that at bay. And I have a lot more weapons I didn’t get to show. It wasn’t my night, it wasn’t a great night, but again, no excuses. Hats off and regroup and pick myself up. I look forward to going back now and seeing the kids and just taking the licks, man. It’s a bastard of a game. It is what it is. There’s not a mark on me face, I wasn’t rattled or anything, it was just, I had no leg. And fair fucking play, he fought well. Yeah, I look forward to [inaudible 00:43:55]
Speaker 10: (43:56)
Conor, was the the leg something that you felt growing over time as he landed more shots, or did it suddenly happen? Because in the final sequence, there’s a moment where it looks like your leg suddenly goes dead and your balance goes?
Conor McGregor: (44:07)
Yeah, it was accumulating, accumulated for sure. I knew when I seen that he had Tiago Alvarez in the corners like these, I knew what was coming. I knew he likes to kick the low-key. He’s also experienced that kick before, himself, Kagan. That’s my first time to experience that. But one of them soon gain early and Tiago said, “That was a good one.” And I was in my head thinking, “You bastard, it was a good one.” And then it just started accumulating up. But, fuck it, it is what it is, man. I’m not that upset over it, which is another weird one for me, you know what I mean? (44:42)
I’m happy, I put in an immense amount of work. I gave it me all and I’ll regroup for sure. You know what I mean? I’ll adopt maybe a different stance. And every opponent has a different… You have to approach things differently with everyone. And south paws and that back kick wrapping around the front part of that muscle on the low leg is something that I must adjust to. It’s not like it’s not within me to do that, so that’s what I will do.
Speaker 10: (45:11)
Dustin looks like he’s going to go on and fight for a title now. You mentioned his name. Do you think now’s the time to do the Nate rematch? Would that be a fight that makes sense for you, or you’re not even thinking about that?
Conor McGregor: (45:20)
No, I’m not. I was just kind of thinking I have a lot of… Like I said, styles make fights. I adopted a similar approach against Nate, but I was above the leg, it was the leg kick above. And that low one is an interesting one, for sure. It’s a very interesting kick, same stance. Opposite stance, it’s nothing. You know what I mean? He threw, actually, an opposite, a right low kick, and I checked it clean. But the outside ones wrapping around. And even though I felt like it toned the leg out, checked it, and you have to almost turn it right out and it has to hit the bone, it can’t hit the muscle. And that’s it.(45:55)
Me and Dustin now, it’s one-and-one. For sure, we’ll go again. I hurt him in the first round. He got a good take down. I turned him against the fence, caught him on a nice elbow, caught him on my spinning hook kick. More activity, I feel, straight away. As soon as I was catching loads of the kicks, and he was kicking out, catching it. Straight away then, I should’ve just closed and clenched him. You know what I mean? I’ve got all the moves and all the skills in me game. You know what I mean? And I felt I was out clenching him, and I felt stronger than him. I just didn’t adjust in time and that’s it. It is what it is.
Speaker 10: (46:36)
You mentioned the clench. There was a moment where you were both against the cage trading shoulder shots with each other, and it looked like you were having a conversation or something. Were you guys talking to each other?
Conor McGregor: (46:46)Yeah, just the usual cracking back and forth, one for one it was. But I felt the better ones, anyway.
Speaker 10: (46:55)
And last thing for me, Conor, you say you’re sitting there and you’re not upset and that’s a bit of a weird one. Is part of that because this is something that you love to do, otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it anymore? And the fact is, despite the loss, you finally have been able to compete again for the first time in a year. John mentioned about, “Our people worry you might sort of go off and leave the game.” Are you still happy right now? Are you happy that you just got to compete?
Conor McGregor: (47:18)
Yeah, I am, I am happy. I’m disappointed, but I’m happy for sure. I got to come out here and do this fight here in the Middle East, put on a show for the people. I done me best. And things don’t go your way at times, but pick yourself up and carry on. I’ve got a lot of good things going on in me life, if you know what I mean? So I’ll just keep me head high and that’s it. And take the shots, take the licks and just fucking keep on going.
Speaker 10: (47:47)Thanks very much, man.
Michael Chandler: (36:47)That was the first back-flip I’ve ever done in my entire career off the cage. So-
Interviewer 7: (36:51)I mean, the landing, I was worried.
Michael Chandler: (36:52)
Well, I always do back-flips from the canvas-to-canvas, not cage-to-canvas. So I’m really sorry, Dana, about that, but legs are great. My F-ing and ankles and F-ing knees or whatever he said earlier, they’re good. They’re fine.
Interviewer 7: (37:09)
He also said he didn’t quite hear what you said to him in the cage. So do you want to relay the message to him?
Michael Chandler: (37:17)
I don’t quite know either. I was blacked out. I won’t remember any of this either. No, but probably just something like … something about Khabib.(37:28)
Listen, I was sitting back there, over there at the site of his press conference. I’m like “Daggum, dude, you must not want to come back. If you don’t want to come back, that’s fine. But don’t act like your levels above me.”(37:38)
I promise you. I will bury that man. I’m getting mad thinking about it, but I would love to fight him. But like I said, he’s the champion for a reason. He deserves to sail off into the sunset. So no more back-flips, because of F-ing ankles and F-ing knees. But yeah, I just, sad, “Let’s go, man. I’m excited.” Probably said something about the promo I cut at the end. We’ll see.
Interviewer 7: (38:07)
Going back to Habib’s retirement. Obviously, your road to the UFC, a lot of people would have liked to have seen you here a lot earlier, but will it be a bit sad that you don’t get to test yourself against Habib, obviously undefeated, the man who many consider to be the greatest lightweight champion of all? Would it feel a bit almost tainted if you won the title and it wasn’t against him?
Michael Chandler: (38:29)
To know that he’s out there and still in his prime, it’s a little tough pill to swallow. Because when a guy retires because he’s past his prime, or he just barely held on long enough to retire …(38:45)
Like GSP, did he retire with the title? Yeah, he retired with the title and just wanted to … but he had earned that right, just like could be Khabib did. But he was kind of past his prime a little bit, not really. (38:56)
I think what we think a fighter’s prime is as much later than most people would say. Everybody says, “It’s a young man’s game.” It’s not. Every superstar on this roster is post-30 now, almost. (39:08)
So it will be a little bittersweet if it’s not against Habib, because I think he’s the greatest of all-time thus far, in the lightweight division. But as I said, if we fight, he’s going to be 29 and Chandler.
Speaker 8: (39:25)Thank you, guys.
Speaker 9: (39:26)Thank you, guys. (silence)
John: (39:53)
Conor, clearly, I’m sure, frustrated with the result, not what you’re hoping for, but what are the emotions like for you right now?
Conor McGregor: (40:01)
Yeah, it’s heartbreaking, John. It’s hard to take. Damn. [Inaudible 00:40:04]. The highest highs and the lowest lows in this game. My leg is completely dead. And even though I felt like I was checking them, it was just sinking into the muscle at the front of the leg. And it was badly compromised. It’s like an American football [inaudible 00:19:21]. So, it is what it is.(40:25)
Dustin fought a helluva of a fight, engaged in the take down with him. I thought I done well. I got up [inaudible 00:40:31] him. I was in my head, thinking, “I’ll take him down. I’m going to just tie up now.”(40:35)
I felt all right in the clinch with him. I was better than him in the clinch, but too little, too late. The leg was compromised, and I didn’t adjust. That’s it. Fair play.(40:47)
Dustin, very happy for him. I’m very happy that I got to compete in this in these times and come back May 11th UFC main event. And that’s it. It’s hard.(40:59) I don’t know where I’m at, at the minute, to be honest.
John: (41:03)
We think about your mental toughness and what you’re made of. I mean, was that difficult for you to know, like, This leg just isn’t working anymore. Like there’s, I’m, I’m dead in here.”?
Conor McGregor: (41:13)
I was going to tough it out. Do you know what I mean? I toughed it out as much as I could, but it was an unusual one [inaudible 00:20:19], where I would feel okay in sparring or something, checking that side.(41:23)
I felt like I lifted the leg up multiple times, but it just sunk into the muscle at the front, and it was badly compromised. And then Dustin had a good, solid defense as well, too. So when I was pressing forward with the shots, he was defending well.(41:40)It is what it is. He fought a helluva fight, and that’s it. What can you do? I’m happy for him.
John: (41:44)
You said the inactivity just caught up to you. I mean, is it physical? Is it a timing? what was the cost of the inactivity?
Conor McGregor: (41:52)
It’s the whole shebang. You know what I mean? But I have no excuses here. It was a phenomenal performance by Dustin, and that’s it. I don’t know what I …(42:03)
… and that’s it, I don’t know what to say. I’m going to go back, I’m going to chill out, I’m just going to watch the full fight and get a better grasp on it. But the leg was compromised and I was rushing the shots a little bit and I didn’t adjust. And that’s that, it’s a bitter, bitter pill to swallow. And I don’t even know whether I’m that upset, I don’t know. I don’t know what to say.
John: (42:29)
Last thing for me, Conor, Dana was here earlier and he said like he hadn’t talked to you yet, but he was like, “This could go one of two ways. Either A, Conor gets hungry, you know what I mean? It drives him and he comes back better than ever. Or he walks away. He know he’s got money in the bank, he doesn’t need to do this.” As you sit there right now, which of those two paths sounds right?
Conor McGregor: (42:47)
Yeah. I’ll certainly regroup, I’ll regroup and pick myself up, you know what I mean? Get up off the floor and go again and that’s it. Styles make fights, there’s many great stylistic match-ups out there. Me, myself and Dustin are one-and-one myself, and Nate are one-and-one. There’s many good match-ups for me and I’ll adopt a different approach for the trilogy, I feel with Dustin, because those leg kicks are not to be messed with. You know what I mean? A that calf kick, the low calf kick, I’ve never experienced that. (43:16)
And it just was a good one, so it’s not that I haven’t got the style in me to switch it up and keep that at bay. And I have a lot more weapons I didn’t get to show. It wasn’t my night, it wasn’t a great night, but again, no excuses. Hats off and regroup and pick myself up. I look forward to going back now and seeing the kids and just taking the licks, man. It’s a bastard of a game. It is what it is. There’s not a mark on me face, I wasn’t rattled or anything, it was just, I had no leg. And fair fucking play, he fought well. Yeah, I look forward to [inaudible 00:43:55]
Speaker 10: (43:56)
Conor, was the the leg something that you felt growing over time as he landed more shots, or did it suddenly happen? Because in the final sequence, there’s a moment where it looks like your leg suddenly goes dead and your balance goes?
Conor McGregor: (44:07)
Yeah, it was accumulating, accumulated for sure. I knew when I seen that he had Tiago Alvarez in the corners like these, I knew what was coming. I knew he likes to kick the low-key. He’s also experienced that kick before, himself, Kagan. That’s my first time to experience that. But one of them soon gain early and Tiago said, “That was a good one.” And I was in my head thinking, “You bastard, it was a good one.” And then it just started accumulating up. But, fuck it, it is what it is, man. I’m not that upset over it, which is another weird one for me, you know what I mean? (44:42)
I’m happy, I put in an immense amount of work. I gave it me all and I’ll regroup for sure. You know what I mean? I’ll adopt maybe a different stance. And every opponent has a different… You have to approach things differently with everyone. And south paws and that back kick wrapping around the front part of that muscle on the low leg is something that I must adjust to. It’s not like it’s not within me to do that, so that’s what I will do.
Speaker 10: (45:11)
Dustin looks like he’s going to go on and fight for a title now. You mentioned his name. Do you think now’s the time to do the Nate rematch? Would that be a fight that makes sense for you, or you’re not even thinking about that?
Conor McGregor: (45:20)
No, I’m not. I was just kind of thinking I have a lot of… Like I said, styles make fights. I adopted a similar approach against Nate, but I was above the leg, it was the leg kick above. And that low one is an interesting one, for sure. It’s a very interesting kick, same stance. Opposite stance, it’s nothing. You know what I mean? He threw, actually, an opposite, a right low kick, and I checked it clean. But the outside ones wrapping around. And even though I felt like it toned the leg out, checked it, and you have to almost turn it right out and it has to hit the bone, it can’t hit the muscle. And that’s it.(45:55)
Me and Dustin now, it’s one-and-one. For sure, we’ll go again. I hurt him in the first round. He got a good take down. I turned him against the fence, caught him on a nice elbow, caught him on my spinning hook kick. More activity, I feel, straight away. As soon as I was catching loads of the kicks, and he was kicking out, catching it. Straight away then, I should’ve just closed and clenched him. You know what I mean? I’ve got all the moves and all the skills in me game. You know what I mean? And I felt I was out clenching him, and I felt stronger than him. I just didn’t adjust in time and that’s it. It is what it is.
Speaker 10: (46:36)
You mentioned the clench. There was a moment where you were both against the cage trading shoulder shots with each other, and it looked like you were having a conversation or something. Were you guys talking to each other?
Conor McGregor: (46:46)Yeah, just the usual cracking back and forth, one for one it was. But I felt the better ones, anyway.
Speaker 10: (46:55)
And last thing for me, Conor, you say you’re sitting there and you’re not upset and that’s a bit of a weird one. Is part of that because this is something that you love to do, otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it anymore? And the fact is, despite the loss, you finally have been able to compete again for the first time in a year. John mentioned about, “Our people worry you might sort of go off and leave the game.” Are you still happy right now? Are you happy that you just got to compete?
Conor McGregor: (47:18)
Yeah, I am, I am happy. I’m disappointed, but I’m happy for sure. I got to come out here and do this fight here in the Middle East, put on a show for the people. I done me best. And things don’t go your way at times, but pick yourself up and carry on. I’ve got a lot of good things going on in me life, if you know what I mean? So I’ll just keep me head high and that’s it. And take the shots, take the licks and just fucking keep on going.
Speaker 10: (47:47)Thanks very much, man.
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