​Michael Chandler has had his eye on Conor McGregor for years and doesn’t think there’s anything nefarious about what went down in his UFC 329 comeback fight.McGregor left fans sorely disappointed this Saturday when his main event rematch with Max Holloway ended in just 69 seconds due to McGregor suffering a leg injury. The bout marked McGregor’s first UFC fight since 2021 and the crowd at T-Mobile Arena reacted in stunned silence when the bout was suddenly waved off.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn the aftermath of the controversial ending, there has been widespread speculation as to whether McGregor had a pre-existing injury and, if so, were UFC officials aware that McGregor was not in condition to compete. Chandler is one of many fighters jumping to McGregor’s defense and he shared his thoughts in a video posted to Instagram.“A guy like Conor who comes out in the first three seconds, jumps across the cage, turns his body, throws a kick, lands weird, leg buckles,” Chandler said. “Then throws another kick, leg buckles. Throw a punch, leg buckles, and everybody’s trying to figure out was Conor injured prior to the fight? Did Conor just show up and hoodwink everybody and he just showed up for a paycheck and doesn’t care who he hurts in the process?“I would be absolutely surprised, like the most surprised person on the planet if Conor just showed up for a paycheck, limped in there, and said, ‘I don’t care. I’m going to give you guys one minute, shave my head into a mohawk, show up, do the intros, and then just bow out one minute later. You can say what you want about Conor, Conor’s mistakes are well-documented, Conor’s shortcomings are well-documented over the past 15 years in this sport. One thing he is not, he’s not a quitter. One thing he is not, is a bamboozler.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChandler also doubts the UFC would allow a severely compromised McGregor just to draw viewers in for what turned out to be a non-fight.“The UFC is not the type of organization that’s going to have conversations behind closed doors and say, ‘Hey, it’s all good, man. We’re going to get everybody hooked in on this Paramount stream and then you’re going to bounce out one minute in,’” Chandler said. “That’s just not what they do, it’s not how they operate business.”The 38-year-old McGregor has been out of action since July 2021, when he broke his leg in a trilogy bout against longtime rival Dustin Poirier. In recent months, the former two-division UFC champion had made multiple public declarations regarding his dedication to religion and a rededication to training and preparing for a comeback.Chandler pointed out that fighters are susceptible to all kinds of injuries once the cage door closes and that McGregor’s disastrous opening gambit wasn’t out of character for him.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“The fact of the matter is the body is a crazy thing and it can handle a lot