Michael Chandler finds himself in an excellent spot after knocking out Tony Ferguson at UFC 274. There have been many fights pitched to him including a potential showdown with Dustin Poirier.

Dustin Poirier showed some interest in the fight but Michael Chandler has no interest in the fight himself. A lot of it has to do with some past comments from Poirier when Chandler joined the UFC.

“I have no interest in fighting Dustin, honestly,” Chandler told Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour(h/t BloodyElbow).

“To be quite honest, I think he’s a great dude, I like him for the sport. But I also think I was completely disregarded and pushed aside whenever I came into the organization.

“He completely disregarded me, he completely acted as though I didn’t deserve to be where I was. Maybe it’s a little bit more of a personal issue, but I also think Dustin… is Dustin a draw?”

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Michael Chandler did have a few nice things to say about Dustin Poirier but the UFC lightweight made sure to put things in perspective. He actually forgot about him when the fight was pitched to him.

“I guess he is the number two guy, ranked number two now. But he’s kind of just stayed at number two and I don’t know how active he’s gonna be,” he said. “But I did see that he tweeted that I was saying everybody else’s name but his as if I didn’t want to fight him because of technical reasons or whatnot. But I forgot about him, to be honest with you.

“Hats off to him for what he’s done in his career, and I respect the heck out of him. He makes some great hot sauce. But as of right now, I really don’t have a desire to fight him.”