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Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is “extremely confident<\/a>” he could beat UFC champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, as it’s a fight he’s been preparing for for years.<\/p>\n

Chandler just made the jump from Bellator to the UFC, and has yet to make his debut in the Octagon. However, he’s had his eye on Nurmagomedov, who he forecasted as a future champion, for a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtremely confident,\u201d Chandler told MMA Fighting<\/a> about beating Nurmagomedov. \u201cBecause I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s day 1 or day 1,000, I\u2019ve put in my 10,000 hours in this sport and I\u2019ve been focusing on beating Khabib since he got in the UFC. I\u2019ve been studying him and I knew he was going to become champion four fights before he actually became champion. He\u2019s got the champion\u2019s mindset, he\u2019s got the physical attributes and he\u2019s got a style that has looked about as unbeatable as anyone we\u2019ve ever seen in the UFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been training to fight Khabib for six years, eight years. Now, if the opportunity presents itself, that comes to fruition. I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s midnight the night before, someone gets hurt or someone gets sick, I\u2019m going to be ready to step in. Whether it\u2019s five weeks\u2019 notice, five hours\u2019 notice or five minutes\u2019 notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nurmagomedov is set to defend the UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 later this month, and Chandler has been pegged as the replacement fighter for the bout, should either man fail to make it to the cage.<\/p>\n

While the former Bellator champion understandably sees a fight with the unbeaten Nurmagomedov as preferable, he’d also welcome a fight with Gaethje, and he’s confident he’d win that one too.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I\u2019m a bad matchup for either of them,\u201d Chandler said. \u201cWhat you need to beat Gaethje, you\u2019ve got to keep your hands up but fight him, also. You\u2019ve got to wear him down like Eddie [Alvarez] did and you eventually get the TKO. If you don\u2019t eventually get the TKO, you\u2019ve got to land more shots than he lands. For me, that\u2019s the game plan against Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can lure him into a dog fight, I not only think I win that \u2018Fight of the Year\u2019 but that\u2019s just a fight that excites me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Michael Chandler will capture gold in the UFC?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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