{"id":12511,"date":"2024-01-02T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdailyrecord.com\/?p=12511"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T00:50:02","slug":"conor-mcgregor-opens-up-as-slight-favorite-over-michael-chandler-in-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdailyrecord.com\/conor-mcgregor-opens-up-as-slight-favorite-over-michael-chandler-in-ufc-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor opens up as slight favorite over Michael Chandler in UFC return"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oddsmakers are favoring Conor McGregor<\/a>\u00a0to return to the win column in his comeback.<\/p>\n

McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC)\u00a0announced that his fight<\/a> with Michael Chandler<\/a> (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) will take place at 185 pounds June at International Fight Week.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0DraftKings<\/a>, McGregor is -120 favorite, meaning a $120 bet would be needed on \u201cThe Notorious\u201d to return $100 profit. Chandler is a +100 underdog, meaning a $100 bet on the former Bellator champion would win $100.<\/p>\n

McGregor will return for the first time since he broke his leg<\/a> in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021, which will mark a layoff of nearly three years when he makes the walk against Chandler. McGregor hasn\u2019t won a bout since he finished Donald Cerrone with a 40-second TKO at welterweight in January 2020.<\/p>\n

If his fight with Chandler happens at middleweight, McGregor will join Diego Sanchez and Kenny Florian as the only fighters in UFC history to compete in four different weight classes.<\/p>\n

Chandler hasn\u2019t competed since a submission loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 281 in November 2022. Prior to that, he scored a Knockout of the Year contender of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274<\/a>. The former UFC title challenger and ex-Bellator champ has earned bonuses in four of his five UFC fights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oddsmakers are favoring Conor McGregor\u00a0to return to the win column in his comeback. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC)\u00a0announced that his fight with Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) will take place at 185 pounds June at International Fight Week. According to\u00a0DraftKings, McGregor is -120 favorite, meaning a $120 bet would be needed on \u201cThe Notorious\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t