PhotoCred: Sportsasting \/ Cageside Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMichael Chandler continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not that I\u2019m anti-vax. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t believe in the vaccine, necessarily. I\u2019m just not going to get the vaccine until it\u2019s 100 percent FDA approved. We\u2019ve had hundreds of clinical trials, just like we had the vaccines that my son has had \u2013 measles and chicken pox and all of the vaccines that have been around for 100 years that have been proven. We shall see. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. More than anything, the chances of the UFC being able to sell out Madison Square Garden with only people that are vaccinated really cuts down their ability to sell out Madison Square Garden. So I don\u2019t really know. I think it calls into question if Madison Square Garden will actually happen, to be honest with you guys. The UFC is brilliant and geniuses at putting things together and putting their fights together. But as I said, I\u2019m not anti-vaccine. I think vaccines are effective. I think it\u2019s everybody\u2019s choice whether they want to take the vaccine. I won\u2019t be vaccinated by Nov. 6, so I won\u2019t be able to perform or entertain at Madison Square Garden. So we shall see.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Chandler most recently competed at May’s UFC 262 event, where he suffered a TKO loss to Charles Oliveira in his bid for the promotions then vacant lightweight title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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