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Michael Chandler wants to fight Conor McGregor ‘just for the magnitude of the moment’

Michael Chandler still has his sights set on a mega-fight with Conor McGregor and believes he would be the perfect fighter to welcome ‘The Notorious’ back to the UFC.

Chandler admits the idea of fighting McGregor — the biggest star in UFC history — is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that would he would remember for decades to come.

“I want that Conor fight just for the magnitude of the moment,” Chandler told MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin in a recent interview. “Stepping inside that octagon and doing something really monumental and fighting him in front of all the mixed martial arts eyeballs.