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Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson

In a recent interview, UFC President Dana White revealed a lightweight showdown in which Michael Chandler or former UFC lightweight interim champion Tony Ferguson is under negotiation.

Michael Chandler (22-7, 10 K, 7 S) is 35 years old and has a height of 173cm with an arm span of 180cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2009 and won the Bellator Lightweight Championship Gold Belt in 2011 before defending his title twice in a row. He then lost the title twice and regained the gold belt twice. He joined the UFC in 2021 with a (21-5) run and two straight wins, debuting in the first leg of his debut in January with TKO Dan Hooker, and the vacant UFC lightweight title with Charles Oliveira in May was unfortunately lost by the second TKO, just lost to Justin Gaethje in November. Chandler is currently ranked No. 5 in the UFC official lightweight rankings.

Tony Ferguson (25-6, 12 K, 8 S) is 37 years old and has a height of 183cm with an arm span of 194cm. He began his professional MMA career in 2008, won the Pure Combat sub-middleweights in 2010, participated in the TIF Ultimate Fighter 13 season selections and won the TIF championship in 2011 with a (10-2) result and 3 consecutive wins, and began a wave of 12 consecutive wins at the end of 2013, including the UFC lightweight interim title in the third set of Kevin Lee in 2017, and the TKO Anthony Lee in the second set in 2018 and 2019. Anthony Pettis and Donald Cerrone. Unfortunately, he recently suffered a three-game career defeat, losing to Justin Gaethje's fifth TKO in the fifth set, losing points to Charles Oliveira, and just lost points to Beneil Dariush in May last year. Ferguson is currently ranked 7th in the UFC official lightweight rankings.

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