In the early hours of the 20th of February 2025, UFC president Dana White took to Instagram Live to announce some huge fights which will be taking place over the next few months. As well as announcing massive title fights such as Alexander Volkanovski vs Diego Lopes for the vacant UFC featherweight title and Belal Muhammad vs Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight title,

Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) will look to rebound after back-to-back losses to Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira. The former UFC title challenger has lost four of his past five, and hasn’t gotten his hand raised since a front kick knockout of Tony Ferguson at UFC 274.