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 called it. I expected that the dream fight with Conor could turn into a career-trap for Chandler. The longer the wait the more fans' interest will dwindle.
Now, Chandler should move on and take some other fight, but there's a risk that if he loses, he would drop in the rankings and Conor would no longer want to fight him. Right now, from McGregor's perspective, losing a fight to high-ranked Chandler is not much of a shame, he could use the long break as an excuse. But losing to a low-ranked Chandler could mark the end of his career. There would be no justification to match him up with any of top fighters anymore.
Yup I took a peek a couple of hours ago... And I really think those odds are pretty good for Volk. The books could be putting too much weight on his last loss vs Makhachev which Volk took on short notice hence saving the event. Volk during interviews also seemed to give hints that he got paid well for it, saying that he has now enough to take care of his daughter and setting her up for life.
I think Topuria is slightly more likely to win, so wouldn't consider anything below 2.0 on Volk as good odds. Not to take anything away from Alex, but I think Ilia is better than any of his previous opponents (with an exception of Islam).