Joe Rogan - Michael Chandler Thinks He Can Beat Khabib

Exactly. No, he's doing a good job with it. But he also said he's the highest paid fighter in Bellator I mean, there's all kinds of like silly stuff, you know, it's just like dude Is that what he said? No, so he's chill son in a little he's a dork man. Just huge dork He's so just like what else things where it's like But when the guy's making his debut and you are a world champion or a former world champion at this point What what what inspires you to call a guy like that out just because I mean doesn't it help him? Yeah, I guess I guess it does but it also I mean I also woke up to 150 mentions on Twitter So it's like well, at least people are talking, you know, at least people that you know people are talking I mean, that's the other thing too is is always navigating the the narrative and talking about you know, getting people to talk Yeah getting people to talk about I mean over the last couple months the amount of times Our students could be fought the amount of people that we're just talking like hey You're the only guy that can match could be wrestling. You're the only guy that could nullify his wrestling I mean to get yourself in the conversation. That's what it all is. It's all well styles definitely make fights And that was what what became very interesting After the Al Iacuinta fight where people were looking at okay What about high-level wrestlers who have more refined striking? Yeah And how do they line up and Kevin Lee was a big one that people kept talking about but you were a big one that people Kept talking about too because you were saying that you think you could beat him And him, you know having that fight with Iacuinta who he was a prohibitive favorite over but it went the full five rounds And you know, I a quinta although never won a round Showed some chinks in the armor. So she takes in the armor showed and showed what happens when Khabib can't take you down I mean, it's it's tough whenever the one thing that you've always been used to Dominating with isn't working and then you're stuck, right, you know, you're stuck throwing punches and you're in you know You know, he just he's a little bit behind in the striking aspect dude. I've got a ton of respect for the guy He's a mauler mauler. I mean at certain times he looks unbeatable He has looked unbeatable where I've looked at it and other people have looked at it and people that have fought him that have talked that I've talked the Barbosa fight. Yeah, he just fucking mauled Barbosa and it's and it's just it's a battle of wills man You're inside of a cage and it's just like we talked about I knew I could outpace people I knew I could out out Cardio them I could out tough them, you know Certain people get to that breaking point and they break and they concede they go into their shell and they say I did a good Job, but this one's on him guys You don't have that deep deep wrestling background and they face a guy who does there's Moments in the fight where you see that where you saw that thousand-yard stare and about Barbosa's eyes was like fuck Like I can't keep doing this like he goes into defensive survival mode And you know when a guy does have a deep background in wrestling and also can strike That's what makes it interesting. Yeah, and this is why MMA is such a complex sport because there's so many variables There's so many techniques you can use there's so many situations where you might have an advantage or your opponent might have an advantage and it's just We live for these matchups these stylistic matchups So when something like that happens and a guy like could beep has a fight where all these questions get presented That's where a guy like Michael Chandler comes to the mix. Yeah Well, I love like after that fight too because I said something I posted a video. Do you see the video me? Scrambling with Kamaru. Yes. My crazy. Yeah, that was awesome And I said if all he has is wrestling, how do you beat a man? It can't be taken down, you know, right and and I got so many messages from you know Russian guys that just said could beep time could beep time, you know, it's just like of course, you know, and it's like Yeah, I mean it's uh, it's one of those things man. We're I mean that that fight with Eddie I mean the fight with could be it's uh, it's exciting Kamaru Usman has got to be going fucking crazy right now seeing Colby Covington getting a shot to enter him title He's like you motherfuckers. Yeah, I know. Yeah, he's he wants to fight that dude. No, I know I wouldn't I mean that dude is I Mean he is he's a specimen. He's got wrestling. He's got striking I mean you you watch him spar or you watch him hit mitts or you watch his composure and his confidence while he's sparring and Do all that kind of stuff. You'd think he's been striking since he was 11 years old, you know He just started after after college, you know, well, he had a fight with with Meek Mill. Yeah, no meek or whatever Emil meek But I think that Emil meek is Extremely underrated. I mean he's a fucking tough guy very physically strong very very strong I was I was email meek a couple times. I was like trying to mimic him. Oh, were you in training camp? Yeah, we're there at the same time and he's done that him and I train a ton together And it works out well for me because he's a bigger guy I like to go with a little bit bigger guys so I can just continue to get stronger and manipulate bodies that are bigger Am I you know, yeah, and a lot of people were criticizing him for not being able to finish meek But I'm like, you're crazy. Yeah, that is a fucking animal. It's it's it's nuts the amount of people, you know Armchair quarterbacks that are that are literally out there. Thanks saying you should have finished this. Yeah, we are all Professional like professional fighters training day in and day out. It's not easy to finish a guy some time Well, that's why I was saying you got to stay the fuck away from your Oh my goodness, especially for a guy like you if you do have something like an ankle injury Yeah, that one fight and then you gotta stay offline. Yeah for a few weeks for sure I mean, I still get it to this day. Well, are you training? Are you working on your rubber ankles? Are you? Fucking they know where your soft spot is now, man. They start poking