As if the UFC lightweight division couldn’t get any more stacked with talent, former Bellator MMA champion Michael Chandler has officially signed with the promotion and may even be in an immediate title fight should something happen to either Khabib Nurmagomedov or Justin Gaethje prior to UFC 254.
Chandler has widely been considered one of the top lightweights in the world regardless of promotion, and now he’ll get the chance to prove himself against the cream of the crop in the UFC. One person who’s complimentary of Chandler’s skills but not necessarily his prospects of achieving high-level UFC success if former interim title challenger Kevin Lee.