"Make sure you do not rip the microphone" - Michael Chandler opens up about calling out Conor McGregor on WWE RAW

Michael Chandler has opened up about his promo from the February 19th, 2024 edition of Monday Night RAW. The UFC lightweight fighter had called out Conor McGregor for a fight.

Chandler made a name for himself in the world of Mixed Martial Arts, courtesy of his work for Bellator MMA. He competed for the promotion from 2010 to 2020, where he became a three-time Bellator Lightweight Champion and won the Bellator Season Four Lightweight Tournament.

Speaking to Chris Van Vliet on INSIGHT, Chandler detailed the process of him cutting a promo on RAW and revealed that he had actually asked for it. The UFC star got the green light from Nick Khan, who briefly explained to him the dos and don'ts.

"Nick’s like, yeah, give him the microphone. But then they did say, Hey, make sure you do not rip the microphone out of her hand, they will freaking be mad at you if you do that. I’m like, okay, I’ll take it. But it was a little bit of a passionate grab. But it wasn’t like, Give me that thing! Then it was, it was during the time, obviously, they the UFC was just in Anaheim the night before. And yeah, it was during the time where we were kind of still working on when am I going to fight Conor and all that stuff? And, yeah, just ripped a promo, jumped up on the seats," Chandler said.

Michael Chandler wants to face Logan Paul in WWE

Michael Chandler has opened up about his desire to face Logan Paul in WWE. The UFC fighter believes that SummerSlam would be the ideal place for a match between the two.

During the same interview, he said:

“When’s Wrestlemania? [April] So we can’t do Wrestlemania. SummerSlam is in August? I knew there’s one in August. Minneapolis in August. Me versus Logan Paul. Could be awesome. We’ll see. We got a lot of talks to happen between now and then. Obviously, they know I’m interested. I believe they’re interested. So we’ll see where we’re at.”

Throughout the years, several former UFC fighters have jumped ship from Mixed Martial Arts to professional wrestling. It remains to be seen if Michael Chandler is next in line.