{"id":459237,"date":"2022-09-27T06:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=459237"},"modified":"2022-09-27T06:10:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T13:10:04","slug":"islam-makhachev-responds-after-michael-chandler-suggests-his-praise-is-premature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/islam-makhachev-responds-after-michael-chandler-suggests-his-praise-is-premature\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam Makhachev responds after Michael Chandler suggests his praise is premature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev has used social media to laugh off recent criticism from fellow UFC lightweight contender <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/michael-chandler\/\">Michael Chandler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Next month at UFC 280, Islam Makhachev will finally attempt to capture the UFC lightweight championship when he battles Charles Oliveira for the strap in a highly-anticipated main event clash.<\/p>\n<p>Alas, one of the biggest critiques of Makhachev in recent times has been the quality of his opposition, which is something Michael Chandler noted during <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-chandler-takes-aim-at-premature-praise-for-islam-makhachev-we-just-cant-say-that-hes-that-good-yet\/\">an interview<\/a> with MMA Fighting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"APObAA\">\u201cNothing against Islam, you say he looks great, you say he looks unbeatable at times, but he hasn\u2019t really fought anybody,\u201d Chandler stated. \u201cThat\u2019s really the truth. He beat No. 14 and then he beat Dan Hooker, who was on a three or four-fight losing streak. Now people will say, \u2018well, one of your wins was against Dan Hooker, what are you talking about?\u2019 I fought Dan Hooker at a different time. He had just gone 25 minutes with Dustin Poirier, who at that time was the No. 2 lightweight on the entire planet.\u201d (h\/t\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/9\/26\/23352539\/michael-chandler-criticizes-premature-praise-for-islam-makhachev-he-hasnt-really-fought-anybody\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAFighting<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p id=\"7NfWqV\">He continued, \u201cI\u2019m not saying that [Islam] not that good. We just can\u2019t say that he\u2019s that good yet. It\u2019s premature praise\u2026To make Islam the favorite in that fight is somewhat crazy, I think. Maybe that\u2019s me sticking up for Charles, because watching Charles, seeing what he\u2019s done resurrecting his career, somewhat of a \u2018couldn\u2019t be relied on, up-and-down, win some, lose some, journeyman\u2019 to now a very dominant champion on a win streak \u2014 he\u2019s definitely one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Makhachev had the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/makhachevmma\/status\/1574548027171573760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following to say<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/makhachevmma\/status\/1574548027171573760<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Haha., your only two win in UFC is Hooker who came out of loss, and Tony who has 5 losses in the row now., please shut up and stay in line&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chandler returns to action at UFC 281 when he meets Dustin Poirier at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on this Islam Makhachev vs Michael Chandler feud?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islam Makhachev has used social media to laugh off recent criticism from fellow UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler. Next month at UFC 280, Islam Makhachev will finally attempt to capture the UFC lightweight championship when he battles Charles Oliveira for the strap in a highly-anticipated main event clash. Alas, one of the biggest critiques of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":455458,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10285,10485,39610],"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 responds to Michael Chandler&#039;s comments<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islam Makhachev has used social media to laugh off recent criticism from 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\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/islam-makhachev-responds-after-michael-chandler-suggests-his-praise-is-premature\/\" \/>\n<meta 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