Michael Chandler refuses to apologize for fish-hooking Dustin Poirier at UFC 281. He never saw it as a form of cheating, and he maintains the same reasoning in a recent appearance on The MMA Hour.
“People think that we’re in there making decisions like me making the decision to pick up this pen,” Chandler told Ariel Helwani. “It’s not the same when you’re actually inside the confines of MMA and you’re fighting for your life.
“You’re reaching for things, you’re grabbing for things, you’re grappling. A lot of it is muscle memory.