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Former two division UFC champion Conor McGregor and former Bellator Lightweight Champion Michael Chandler will meet later this year in the main event of UFC 303.
One fighter has offered to be the backup fighter for that bout and that person is former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira.
“Stop talking about 170 and Conor McGregor,” Oliveira said through an interpreter during a UFC 301 media scrum (transcript via Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie). “I offered myself to be the alternate for that fight, and obviously, I’m down for that. I’d make some money if I don’t fight, and if I do fight, then awesome. The only condition is if I were to fight McGregor, then I’d have to re-negotiate that (contract) before. Once I said that, everyone started talking about me and moving to 170, but that’s not exactly what it is.”
The UFC has yet to publicly announce a backup fighter for the UFC 303 main event.
