{"id":359163,"date":"2020-08-20T11:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=359163"},"modified":"2020-08-20T11:19:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:19:33","slug":"patricio-freire-expects-former-foe-michael-chandler-to-sign-with-one-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/patricio-freire-expects-former-foe-michael-chandler-to-sign-with-one-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricio Freire expects former foe Michael Chandler to sign with ONE Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patricio Freire, who holds the Bellator featherweight and lightweight titles, expects his former foe Michael Chandler to sign with ONE Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler, the former Bellator lightweight champ, recently concluded his current Bellator contract with a knockout win over former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson.<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s expressed interest in moving to the UFC for fights with the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier, Freire believes he&#8217;ll sign with ONE Championship to complete a trilogy with his former rival Eddie Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pt17SX\">\u201cHis future is uncertain, it looks like he will talk to Dana White and Bellator still has the right to match the offer,\u201d Freire told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/8\/20\/21374140\/patricio-pitbull-michael-chandler-do-some-damage-ufc-one-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cHe has already shown interest in fighting for ONE, and I think he will go there. He has been teasing a trilogy with Eddie Alvarez for a while and we know that the Asian company is paying these big name guys really well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"H8enOz\">\u201cChandler, the way he is now in Bellator, he can get in the UFC and do some damage,\u201d Freire said. \u201c(ONE has) money, the trilogy he wants to do with Eddie Alvarez, which we know would get him good money that the UFC might not pay him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Freire went on to accuse his former foe using performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-entry-content \">\n<p id=\"WJiFiy\">\u201cHis eyes might sparkle for the UFC,\u201d Freire said, \u201cbut if he goes to the UFC and USADA stays on him, he can\u2019t have the same performance and will lose easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While it remains to be seen where Chandler ends up signing, UFC President Dana White has, at the very least, expressed interest in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-would-love-to-talk-to-free-agent-michael-chandler\/\">meeting<\/a> with the former Bellator champion.<\/p>\n<p id=\"TGahUR\">\u201cThey said, I didn\u2019t know this, but they told me that he said he wanted to meet,\u201d White said of Chandler (via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/8\/16\/21370918\/dana-white-says-he-wants-to-meet-with-former-bellator-headliner-and-free-agent-michael-chandler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cAnd I said I\u2019d love to meet with him. That guy has earned it and, yeah, would love to talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Michael Chandler will end up?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricio Freire, who holds the Bellator featherweight and lightweight titles, expects his former foe Michael Chandler to sign with ONE Championship. Chandler, the former Bellator lightweight champ, recently concluded his current Bellator contract with a knockout win over former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. 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