
The black belt in gaidojutsu and former interim Ufc Ww champion Carlos Condit entered this fight with a mma record of 30-12-0 (93% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.41 welterweight in the world but he won just one out of his last six fights, against Thiago Alves in 2015 (Condit vs Alves); after this bout he has been defeated four times losing to Alex Oliveira in his last one (Carlos Condit vs Alex Oliveira).
His opponent, the Tuf winner Michael Chiesa, has an official record of 14-4-0 (71% submission victory rate – he has never won via ko/tko) and he entered as the No.33 lightweight but he comes off two consecutive losses, against Kevin Lee (Michael Chiesa vs Kevin Lee) and Anthony Pettis (Anthony Pettis vs Michael Chiesa); before these two bouts he had beat Beneil Dariush. Condit vs Chiesa is on the undercard of Jon Jones vs Alexander Gustafsson 2 – UFC 232. Watch the video and rate this fight!