{"id":463675,"date":"2022-11-20T14:29:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T22:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=463675"},"modified":"2022-11-20T14:29:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T22:29:55","slug":"michael-chandler-eyes-showdown-with-jorge-masvidal-you-tell-me-who-the-bmf-is-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-chandler-eyes-showdown-with-jorge-masvidal-you-tell-me-who-the-bmf-is-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Chandler eyes showdown with Jorge Masvidal: &#8220;You tell me who the BMF is right now&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Chandler is playing fantasy matchmaker, and he thinks one bout, in particular, might just get his juices flowing.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler is known for his exciting fighting style in the lightweight division. Whether he wins or loses, oftentimes, fans are more than satisfied seeing the former three-time Bellator Lightweight Champion in action. With that said, he could be looking at another fan favorite to fight, but this one competes at welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler recently told ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto that a clash with Masvidal for the BMF Championship intrigues him (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmanor.com\/ufc-news-michael-chandler-calls-out-jorge-masvidal-for-the-bmf-title-and-he-wants-dwayne-johnson-to-be-a-part-of-it-once-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Manor<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1594418061766840320?s=46&#038;t=aPxlsZXm0C9VBgIDpgKSKA<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut you tell me who the BMF is right now in the UFC. You tell me who the BMF is, you tell me who the fan\u2026.if we did a poll right now, who\u2019s the baddest mother fudger in the UFC? Tell me that wouldn\u2019t get the juices flowing of the entire mixed martial arts world. Michael Chandler vs Jorge Masvidal for the BMF belt. The Rock walking in with it over his shoulder and then handing it to me after 15 minutes.\u201d Chandler said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jorge Masvidal hasn&#8217;t been in action since his unanimous decision loss against his former friend turned bitter rival, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/colby-covington\/\">Colby Covington<\/a>, back in March. Masvidal is hoping to snap a three-fight skid when he returns to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>As for Chandler, he&#8217;s gone 1-3 in his last four outings. With that said, three of those bouts earned Chandler a post-fight bonus thanks to his exciting fighting style. Time will tell if the UFC will entertain Chandler&#8217;s idea of a clash with Masvidal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Chandler is playing fantasy matchmaker, and he thinks one bout, in particular, might just get his juices flowing. Chandler is known for his exciting fighting style in the lightweight division. Whether he wins or loses, oftentimes, fans are more than satisfied seeing the former three-time Bellator Lightweight Champion in action. With that said, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":463165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10515,10485,39610],"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>Michael Chandler eyes showdown with Jorge Masvidal: &quot;You tell me who the BMF is right now&quot; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael Chandler wants to have an epic clash with Jorge Masvidal despite the fight that &quot;Gamebred&quot; is a welterweight.\" \/>\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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