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UFC lightweight title contender Michael Chandler explained why he hasn’t gotten himself vaccinated against COVID-19 yet.<\/p>\n

Chandler is set to take on rival Justin Gaethje at UFC 268 in November at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. When the fight was first announced, one of the potential issues in booking the fight was that Chandler is not yet vaccinated<\/a>. At first, it was expected that athletes competing on the New York card would have to show proof of being vaccinated. However, that won’t be the case as the fighters won’t have to be vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Either way, Chandler doesn’t feel comfortable getting it at this time, even though he originally said he was waiting for FDA approval and used that as his reason for not getting it. But speaking to The MMA Hour’s Ariel Helwani<\/a>, he explained why he hasn’t gotten the vaccine yet, and why he might not get it in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funny thing about the vaccination thing was, I didn\u2019t come out, I didn\u2019t do one story to tell people about it, about the vaccine. I didn\u2019t get on your show and start talking about the vaccine. I was in a private Instagram Live session with a couple thousand people or whatever it was. Five minutes after I hit \u2018End Live,\u2019 one of the MMA media outlets come out and said Chandler isn\u2019t getting vaxxed, and then I got labeled an anti-vaxxer,” Chandler said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t personally have the vaccine right now. I don\u2019t know if I ever will get the vaccine. Personally, I just believe that we live in the greatest country on the planet. I believe that this is the greatest country on the planet because of our individual liberties and our individual choices, especially when it comes to our bodies and our medical history and our health. So that\u2019s where I stand on it. And it wasn\u2019t a heel turn whatsoever. It was just the people who labelled me an anti-vaxxer obviously thought I was a heel, when really I was just answering a question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you understand where Michael Chandler is coming from in regards to vaccines?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC lightweight title contender Michael Chandler explained why he hasn’t gotten himself vaccinated against COVID-19 yet. Chandler is set to take on rival Justin Gaethje at UFC 268 in November at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. 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