But I should say that rule should be taken out from the book the fighter is not grounded just because his hands were on the ground, they should consider taking it out of the UFC.
every promotion has different rules for this and Nevada has its own too. but the common rule for grounded fighters is that if the hands hold the weight, it is somehow hard to recognize.
For me, they should just take down that rule if it is hard to be recognized as a ground fighter because referees can surely mistake it for something just like the Alexa Grasso VS Valentina Shevchenko fight it was also a ground knee from Alexa Grasso but it did not have a big issue like this one the fight took place on Nevada as well so why did the fight didn't stop? or the rules do not apply to that fight it should be the same kind of thing and with the Roman Dolidze VS Nassourdine Imavov it was a really big issue, is it because of gender? well that is not gender equality in my opinion,
If I was Chandler, I would have accepted any other opponent. How long he is inactive already? Quite a period. He is not getting any younger, he has quite a family to feed at least. I dont know what Chandler is waiting for. For a biggest paycheck from a fight against Conor and to retire after? Imho Conor can do whatever he wants, Chandler mush fight at least to stay busy.
I agree, Michael Chandler should fight a money fight, now that he still has it on him because if he further this up time is up to the essence, and if father time gets him even the Conor McGregor fight will be a hard one for him, or should I say maybe because he doesn't get any fight because he is not risking his reputation because if he got lost when the Conor McGregor fight would come then his credibility to fight McGregor will be gone,