Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2025-04-12, nice mma bout: Michael Chandler vs Paddy Pimblett gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-11-16, exciting and tough bout: Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler 2 is one of the best mma fights of the year 2024 (UFC Fight of the Night).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-11-12, exciting and tough mma bout thanks to a great performance by both fighters: Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler is one of the best mma fights of the year 2022 and it gets four stars (UFC Fight of the Night).
Chandler vs Poirier is scheduled to take place Saturday, November 12th, at the Madison Square Garden in New York (USA), in a 3-round lightweight (155 lbs, 70 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira – UFC 281. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-05-07, great start and spectacular finish: Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson is one of the best mma fights of the year 2022 and it gets four stars (UFC Performance of the Night).
Ferguson vs Chandler is on the undercard of Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje – UFC 274. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-11-06, brutal match in which both fighters exchanged shot for shot, one of those bouts that there’s no loser: Justin Gaethje vs Michael Chandler is our first candidate for mma Fights of the Year 2021 and it gets five stars!
Chandler vs Gaethje is on the undercard of Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington 2 – UFC 268. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-15, nice back and forth mma fight: Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2021).
Chandler vs Oliveira, main event of Ufc 262, is valid for the UFC lightweight title; they also faced each other a second time on November 16th, 2024 (Charles Oliveira vs Michael Chandler 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-01-23, Michael Chandler vs Dan Hooker gets three stars thanks to a good finish (UFC Performance of the Night).
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 21-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Justin Gaethje, since Khabib Nurmagomedov has retired after their fight in October 2020, Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje). He lost to Patricio Pitbull Freire in 2019 (Michael Chandler vs Patricio Freire), but then he has won over Sidney Outlaw (Michael Chandler vs Sidney Outlaw) and Benson Henderson in their rematch (Michael Chandler vs Benson Henderson 2). If you want to watch one fight with Chandler that has been rated with 4 stars and has been ranked in the top 10 Users’ Fights of the Year of 2011, we suggest Michael Chandler vs Eddie Alvarez.
His opponent, Dan Hooker, has a record of 20-9-0 (85% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year beating Paul Felder (controversial split decision, Paul Felder vs Dan Hooker) and losing to Dustin Poirier (Dustin Poirier vs Dan Hooker). Hooker vs Chandler is on the undercard of Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 2 – UFC 257. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-08-07, pretty good fight between Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson 2: it gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-29, pretty good finish between Michael Chandler and Sidney Outlaw but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 19-5-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 lightweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Patricio Freire (Michael Chandler vs Patricio Freire); before this fight, in 2018, he had won three bouts defeating Brent Primus in his last one (Brent Primus vs Michael Chandler II).
His opponent, Sidney Outlaw (who replaces Benson Henderson), has an official record of 14-3-0 (57% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.66 in the same weight class. He lost two consecutive bouts between 2015 and 2016, against Elijah Harshbarger and Gregor Gillespie, but then he has won nine fights defeating Cesar Balmaceda and Roger Huerta in 2019. Chandler vs Outlaw is on the undercard of Fedor Emelianenko vs Quinton Rampage Jackson – Bellator 237 (Bellator & Rizin: Japan). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-11, pretty good finish between Michael Chandler and Patricio Freire but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional mma record of 19-4-0 (74% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.9 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Khabib Nurmagomedov). He lost to Brent Primus in 2017 (Michael Chandler vs Brent Primus I) but then he has won three fights taking revenge on Primus in his last one (Brent Primus vs Michael Chandler II).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and current Bellator fw champ Patricio Freire, has an official record of 28-4-0 (71% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. Patricio ‘Pitbull’ lost to Benson Henderson in 2016 (Henderson vs Freire) but then he has won three bouts defeating Emmanuel Sanchez in his last one (Patricio Freire vs Emmanuel Sanchez). Chandler vs Freire, main event of Bellator 221, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
