Tom Aspinall loves to watch Michael Chandler fight, even if he thinks the lightweight contender’s entertaining performances typically come at his own expense.
Chandler meets Charles Oliveira at UFC 309 this Saturday in a rematch of their UFC 262 thriller that Oliveira won by second-round TKO to claim a vacant lightweight title. Sitting cageside will be Aspinall, the UFC’s interim heavyweight champion and while he’s excited to get a closer look at headliners Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic, he’ll be just as tuned in for the five-round co-main event.
Specifically, he looks forward to seeing Chandler eschew strategy in favor of pleasing the crowd as he often does.
“I think Mike Chandler, especially, he’s got to be one of the most frustrating people to coach ever,” Aspinall told TNT Sports. “Because tactics when he fights are just completely out the window, and he just goes for it. He’s just basically having a street fight with a …