Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-13, good finish between Michael Chandler and Brandon Girtz: it gets three stars.
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional mma record of 17-4-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.13 lightweight in the world. He fought and lost once in 2017, against Brent Primus (Michael Chandler vs Brent Primus), but he came back to win in 2018 with Goiti Yamauchi (Michael Chandler vs Goiti Yamauchi).
His opponent, Brandon Girtz, has an official record of 15-7-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.90 in the same weight class. He suffered three consecutive losses between 2016 and 2017, the last one with Derek Campos (Derek Campos vs Brandon Girtz 3), but then he has beat Luka Jelcic. Chandler vs Girtz is the main event of Bellator 197. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-01-20, fight not particularly good between Michael Chandler and Goiti Yamauchi: it gets two stars.
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a mma record of 16-4-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 lightweight in the world. He fought twice in 2016 beating Patricky Freire (=Chandler vs Freire 2) and Benson Henderson (=Chandler vs Henderson) but then he lost the Bellator Lw title in 2017 with Brent Primus (=Chandler vs Primus).
His opponent, the black belt in Bjj Goiti Yamauchi, has an official record of 22-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.41 in the same weight class. He lost to Bubba Jenkins in 2016 (=Yamauchi vs Jenkins) but then he has won over Ryan Couture, Valeriu Mircea and Adam Piccolotti. Chandler vs Yamauchi is on the undercard of Douglas Lima vs Rory MacDonald – Bellator 192. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-24, good exchanges between Michael Chandler and Brent Primus: it gets three stars.
The Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional record of 16-3-0 (81% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.6 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Conor McGregor) while his opponent, the undefeated black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brent Primus, has a perfect mma record of 7-0-0 (71% finishing rate). Chandler fought twice last year beating Patricky Freire (=Chandler vs Freire 2) and Benson Henderson (=Chandler vs Henderson) while Primus fought once defeating Gleristone Santos. Brent Primus vs Michael Chandler is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s second defense); undercard of Chael Sonnen vs Wanderlei Silva – Bellator 180. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-19, great performance by both fighters: Michael Chandler vs Benson Henderson is close to get four stars!
The Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 15-3-0 (87% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.12 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, the last two against Will Brooks (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II), but then he has won three fights beating Patricky Freire in 2016 (=Chandler vs Freire 2).
His opponent, the black belt in tae-kwon-do, Bjj and former Ufc Lw champion Benson Henderson, has a record of 24-6-0 (54% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.6 in the same weight class. He has fought twice in 2016 losing to Andrey Koreshkov (=Koreshkov vs Henderson) and winning over Patrício Freire (=Henderson vs Freire). Chandler vs Henderson, main event of Bellator 165, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-24, spectacular finish between Michael Chandler and Patricky Freire: it is very close to get four stars!
The former Bellator champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-3-0 (86% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.17 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014, the last two against Will Brooks (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler II), but then he has won two bouts beating David Rickels in his last one (=Chandler vs Rickels 2).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Patricky Freire, has a record of 16-7-0 (69% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.28 in the same weight class. ‘Pitbull’ lost to Derek Anderson in 2015 (=Freire vs Anderson 2) but he came back to win in 2016 defeating Ryan Couture (=Freire vs Couture) and Edimilson Souza (=Freire vs Souza). In their first fight Chandler had beat Freire by unanimous decision (May 14, 2011 – Chandler vs Freire I); this second bout is valid for the Bellator lightweight title and is on the undercard of Quinton Rampage Jackson vs Satoshi Ishii – Bellator 157. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-11-06, pretty good fight between Michael Chandler and David Rickels: it gets three stars.
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional record of 13-3-0 (85% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.16 lightweight in the world. He lost three consecutive bouts between 2013 and 2014 but he came back to win in 2015 defeating Derek Campos (=Chandler vs Campos).
His opponent, the Bellator Lw tournament champion (season 8) David Rickels, has a record of 16-3-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.49 in the same weight class. He fought twice last year, losing to Patricky Freire (=Rickels vs Freire) and winning over Davi Ramos; he has also fought in 2015 but the bout ended in a no-contest (=Rickels vs Alessio). In their first fight Chandler beat Rickels in less than a minute (July 31, 2013 Chandler vs Rickels I); this second bout is on the undercard of Patricio Freire vs Daniel Straus 3 – Bellator 145. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-06-19, high pace and some very nice exchanges: Michael Chandler vs Derek Campos is close to get four stars!
The former Bellator Lw champion Michael Chandler entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-3-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.23 lightweight in the world while his opponent, Derek Campos, has an official record of 15-4-0 (60% finishing rate). Chandler comes off three consecutive defeats, against Eddie Alvarez (=Chandler vs Alvarez 2) and twice with Will Brooks (=Chandler vs Brooks I and Brooks vs Chandler 2), while Campos suffered his last loss last year, against Patricky Freire (=Freire vs Campos) but then he came back to win beating Estevan Payan. Chandler vs Campos is on the undercard of Kimbo Slice vs Ken Shamrock – Bellator 138. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-11-15, some good single shots between Will Brooks and Michael Chandler but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two. Will Brooks entered this fight with a pro mma record of 14-1-0 (57% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.10 lightweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Anthony Pettis), he suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Saad Awad for the first time (=Brooks vs Awad I), since then he has fought and won five times taking revenge on Awad in their rematch (=Brooks vs Awad 2) and winning the interim Bellator Lw title against Chandler in their first fight (but it was a controversial split decision, Chandler vs Brooks I).
His opponent, Michael Chandler, has a record of 12-2-0 (83% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.11 in the same weight class but he comes off two consecutive defeats, both controversial split decision: against Eddie Alvarez (=Chandler vs Alvarez 2) and Brooks as we said earlier. Brooks vs Chandler 2 is valid for the vacant Bellator lightweight title; undercard of Tito Ortiz vs Stephan Bonnar – Bellator 131. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-05-17, the fight between Michael Chandler and Will Brooks gets three stars thanks to a good second part of the bout. Michael Chandler entered this fight with a professional mma record of 12-1-0 (83% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.7 lightweight in the world, last year he fought three times successfully defending the Bellator Lw title in his first two bouts, against Rick Hawn (=Chandler vs Hawn) and David Rickels (=Chandler vs Rickels), but then he lost the belt when he faced Eddie Alvarez in their second bout (via split decision Chandler vs Alvarez 2). On the original fight card Chandler was expected to face Alvarez for the third time but the champion was forced to withdraw.
His opponent, Will Brooks, has a record of 13-1-0 (62% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class, he suffered his only defeat in 2013 when he faced Saad Awad for the first time (=Brooks vs Awad I), since then he has fought and won four times and he managed to defeat Awad in their rematch (=Brooks vs Awad 2); Brooks won the Bellator Lw tournament final against Alexander Sarnavskiy in his last bout(=Sarnavskiy vs Brooks). Currently the #1 in this division is Anthony Pettis. Chandler vs Brooks is valid for the interim Bellator lightweight title (they also faced each other a second time on November 15, 2014 Brooks vs Chandler 2); undercard of Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs ‘King Mo’ Lawal – Bellator 120. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2013-11-02, great performance by both fighters and exciting finish: the second fight between Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez gets three stars. The undefeated Michael Chandler (12-0-0, 84% finishing rate) entered as the No.5 lightweight in the world while Eddie Alvarez (24-3-0, 87% finishing rate) entered as the No.9 (currently the #1 in this weight division is Anthony Pettis). In their first fight Chandler defeated Alvarez by submission (Noember 19, 2011); this second fight, main event of Bellator 106, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s third defense). Watch the video!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-13, good finish between Michael Chandler and Brandon Girtz: it gets three stars.
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