As Justin Gaethje waits on his next assignment from UFC officials, Michael Chandler is a name that fans, at least, keep mentioning as a possibility. Gaethje’s manager, Dominance MMA head Ali Abdelaziz, says his client is more than willing to take the fight but doesn’t think it necessarily makes a whole lot of sense in terms of quality. “Michael Chandler is trying so hard to fight Justin Gaethje; Justin will fight him,” Abdelaziz told MMA Junkie. “It’s no problem, no problem at all. But in my opinion, he’s a little lower level than Michael Johnson .” Chandler (22-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC), of course, is a former three-time Bellator lightweight champion who made a big splash in his UFC debut, knocking out perennial contender Dan Hooker at January’s UFC 257 event. Meanwhile, Johnson (19-16 MMA, 11-12 UFC) is in action at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 184 event in Las Vegas, where he takes on fellow longtime veteran Clay Guida (35-20 MMA, 15-14 UFC)
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Team Gaethje: Michael Chandler no Michael Johnson, but we can book the fight – MMA Junkie