UFC News: Michael Chandler ‘Signs the Contract’ With Triple H After Conor McGregor Call-Out at WWE RAW

Published 02/20/2024, 12:56 PM HKT

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The crossover of UFC and WWE seldom happens but when it does it booms. Interestingly, UFC promos are now taking over the glam of WWE, and lightweight fighter Michael Chandler just delivered a banger on WWE. He took center stage to call out the former dual-weight champion, Conor McGregor. After missing out on his chance to headline the UFC 300, Chandler seems to have lost it. But wait did Chandler just drop hint at WWE?

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The former Bellator champion sent shockwaves down the spine of MMA fans when he took center stage at Monday Night Raw to call Conor McGregor out for a fight. The fight fans were not expecting Chandler to be in the audience of the Monday Night Raw and his existence sparked a new wave of excitement, however seems like Chandler is now ready to jump UFC ship as well.

Is Michael Chandler to debut at WWE?

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Michael Chandler has been waiting for Conor McGregor since last year but there are hardly any developments regarding their fight and seems like ‘Iron Mike’ is now fed up with the games that McGregor and Dana White are playing. In the latest development, Chandler has dropped hints that he is going to make a debut at WWE.

Chandler took to his Instagram handle to add a post to share a picture with the head of WWE, Triple H, and captioned it as “Signed” The single-word caption holds a new depth in Chandler’s career. This shift in his career may be coming after the ongoing confusion between McGregor, Chandler, and Dana White.

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Chandler took the mic on Raw and issued a direct challenge to McGregor when he said “What’s up Anaheim? You are now in the presence of the most entertaining UFC fighter on the planet. There’s a man from Ireland that’s been making me wait for way too long. And I still got one dude on my mind – Conor McGregor! Get your candy-a** back to the octagon. We got some unfinished business boys.” 

 

The appearance of Iron at Monday Night Raw can be regarded as one of the initial crossovers between UFC and WWE, and the signing of Chandler may pave the way for a new era in combat sports. Additionally, Logan Paul has approved, Chandler’s stance on a WWExUFC crossover.

Logan Paul seems to be the biggest fan of UFC x WWE crossover

Brock Lesnar and CM Punk endeavored in the field of MMA long before TKo former and it garnered a ton of business for both the WWE as well as UFC. However, there’s hardly any UFC fighter who has inched closer to wrestling but Chandler seems to going in a direction that is not touched by any UFC fighter and Logan Paul seems to be the biggest fan of it.

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The Youtuber-turned-WWE star took to X( Formerly Twitter) to double down on the UFC-WWE crossover. Paul said “The UFC x WWE crossover has begun…TKO” It must be noted that Dana White has not advocated a crossover, however, things can be different in the future.

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Suryakant Das

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Suryakant Das is a UFC writer at EssentiallySports. His fascination with combat sports was sparked by gleeful moments he shared with his father watching wrestling. An ardent fan of UFC star Charles Oliveira, Surya closely follows the sport and keeps tabs on behind-the-scenes action.
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