{"id":452655,"date":"2022-07-08T11:59:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=452655"},"modified":"2022-07-08T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:59:20","slug":"islam-makhachev-accepts-easy-money-fight-with-michael-chandler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/islam-makhachev-accepts-easy-money-fight-with-michael-chandler\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev accepts \u201ceasy money\u201d fight with Michael Chandler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev is accepting an &#8216;easy money&#8217; fight with Michael Chandler.<\/p>\n<p>Makhachev (22-1 MMA) has a stellar record of 10 wins in a row, the latest being against Bobby Green (29-13 MMA) in February of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler (23-7 MMA) has won 4 of his last 6 fights, the latest win coming against Tony Ferguson (25-7 MMA) at UFC 274 in May of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler posted to his &#8216;Instagram&#8217; story a callout to Islam saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHey, Charles, do your thing, bro. Wait till Conor comes back, do your thing, you deserve it. On a couple fight win streak, smashing through everybody. Why don\u2019t you sit out? Wait for Conor to come back, I\u2019ll keep the division warm, I\u2019ll keep the division going. I\u2019ll fight Islam next, I\u2019ll fight Islam next for the title. And then whenever you get your so-called superfight, do your thing, get it out of your system, then you can come back to our division. See you at the top.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361858\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-361858\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Chandler-3.png\" alt=\"Michael Chandler\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Chandler-3.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Michael-Chandler-3-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via @mikechandlermma on Instagram (photographer not listed)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Makhachev took to &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>&#8216; accepting the fight tweeting:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEasy money\u2026title is the goal, no matter who. Let\u2019s go (Michael Chandler)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/charles-oliveira-willing-to-forget-about-conor-mcgregor-after-recent-comments-from-khabib-ill-beat-islam-makhachev-and-then-challenge-khabib-to-come-back-from-retirement\/\">Charles Oliveira<\/a> (33-8 MMA) who missed his weight at UFC 274 this past May and even though he defeated Justin Gaethje (23-4 MMA), he was stripped of his belt.<\/p>\n<p>Following the victory, Oliveira called out former UFC champion Conor McGregor (22-6 MMA) for his next challenge in the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Islam Makhachev vs Michael Chandler battle it out for the lightweight title?<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts in the comment section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev is accepting an &#8216;easy money&#8217; fight with Michael Chandler. Makhachev (22-1 MMA) has a stellar record of 10 wins in a row, the latest being against Bobby Green (29-13 MMA) in February of this year. Chandler (23-7 MMA) has won 4 of his last 6 fights, the latest win coming against Tony Ferguson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54491,"featured_media":434789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Islam Makhachev accepts \u201ceasy money\u201d fight with Michael Chandler | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islam Makhachev is accepting what he calls an &#039;easy money&#039; fight with fellow UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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