Solely Conor McGregor, not Michael Chandler, will get PPV lower

Daniel Cormier doesn’t count on Michael Chandler to get a lower of the UFC 303 pay-per-view.

Chandler meets Conor McGregor in a welterweight bout June 29 at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Chandler, who hasn’t competed since November 2022, waited greater than a yr for the battle to turn out to be official.

Cormier wonders if Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) might need overvalued his battle with McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC).

“I don’t know why you’d give pay-per-view factors to somebody that’s not going to drive the gross sales,” Cormier mentioned on his “Funky and the Champ” present with Ben Askren. “And this isn’t me hating on Mike. He’s not driving the gross sales on his one. While you battle Conor McGregor, Conor’s driving the gross sales, he’s clearly going to be part of the pay-per-view and a part of the enterprise.

“Mike’s nonetheless ranked within the high 5 – 6 on the planet, so yeah, after all he’s compelling. Finally this one feels prefer it’s about McGregor, and a part of that purpose is as a result of Conor continues to let you know how he’s making all these selections, and basically telling Mike, ‘We’re doing this, we’re doing this, we’re doing this.’”

McGregor is accountable for seven of the UFC’s high 10 promoting PPV occasions of all time – together with the highest 4 spots. “The Infamous” will likely be getting back from an virtually three-year lengthy layoff when he faces Chandler.