{"id":250577,"date":"2017-10-02T06:36:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=250577"},"modified":"2017-10-02T06:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T13:36:05","slug":"michael-chandler-dismisses-lightweight-title-fight-calls-two-bellators-top-welterweights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-chandler\/michael-chandler-dismisses-lightweight-title-fight-calls-two-bellators-top-welterweights\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Chandler dismisses lightweight title fight, calls out two of Bellator&#8217;s top welterweights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after he defeated Benson Henderson at Bellator 183, Patricky &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; Freire called for a fight with Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus. Unfortunately for him, Bellator boss Scott Coker then <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/patricky-pitbull\/bellator-boss-scott-coker-says-patricky-freire-wont-getting-next-lightweight-title-shot\/\">assured<\/a> that the next lightweight title shot will probably go to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator-nyc\/bellator-nyc-results-brent-primus-stops-michael-chandler\/\">former champion<\/a> Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, however, a rematch with Primus isn&#8217;t at the top of Chandler&#8217;s list.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHonestly, I couldn\u2019t care less at this point,\u201d Chandler said during a recent appearance on <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/10\/michael-chandler-brent-primus-welterweight-rory-macdonald-paul-daley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie Radio<\/a>. \u201cI just \u2013 I want big fights. I\u2019m not necessarily wanting to fight Brent Primus next. At this point, I\u2019ve already sat out for a little while. And they\u2019ve let (Primus) act like he can actually call some shots and decide when he wants to fight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know Scott Coker said something about February, March. That\u2019s out of the question. Because I need to fight. And I want to fight. I\u2019ve been teasing that I would love to go up a weight class and take some challengers there. I\u2019ve got some options.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, just who makes Chandler&#8217;s list of options at welterweight?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m not just looking to fight; I\u2019m looking to get big fights,\u201d Chandler said. \u201cYou only get a small window of opportunity in this sport. Someday I\u2019m going to look back and wonder how many fights kind of flew under the radar for me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPaul Daley\u00a0had\u00a0a nice, big impressive win\u00a0this past weekend (over Lorenz Larkin at Bellator 183). That\u2019s a fight that I would like, eventually. The <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator-nyc\/bellator-nyc-results-brent-primus-stops-michael-chandler\/\">Rory MacDonald<\/a> fight is a fight that I would like eventually.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;nice, big impressive win&#8221; from Paul Daley that Michael Chandler is referring to also occurred at Bellator 183, where the British knockout artist snuffed a former top-10 UFC welterweight in Lorenz Larkin.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Michael Chandler fight next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/1\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after he defeated Benson Henderson at Bellator 183, Patricky &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; Freire called for a fight with Bellator lightweight champion Brent Primus. 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