Michael Chandler could use a break.
He arrived at Dana White's UFC doorstep three years ago after a long, successful run in the Bellator operation, but his climb to the top of the Octagonal mountain has been detoured by high-profile losses to Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier.
He's a company man through and through, though, and the czar's booking of him for a fight with the caged world's most popular attraction, Conor McGregor, was the sort of golden parachute reserved only for those who've achieved made-man status with the organization.
And then Conor, or at least the one we've seen lately, went Conor again.
So, what's a guy to do in the interim while the cash cow soothes a sore hoof?
How about taking on boxing's version of the "Notorious" one in a bout where the guys are of similar height (Garcia is 5'8½" to Chandler's 5'8"), have a similar reach (Chandler's is 71 inches, Garcia's is 70), and can likely find an agreeable weight given that Chandler fights at 155 pounds and Garcia walks around at or near 150.
C'mon Dana, it's the least you can do.
