Review: 2013-07-31, good first round between Michael Chandler and David Rickels: it gets three stars. The undefeated Michael Chandler (11-0-0, 81% finishing rate) entered as the No.4 lightweight in the world while David Rickels (14-1-0, 64% finishing rate) entered as the No.22. Chandler vs Rickels, main event of Bellator 97, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s second defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2013-01-17, Michael Chandler vs Rick Hawn gets three stars only thanks to the good finish. The undefeated Michael Chandler (10-0-0) entered as the No.7 lightweight in the world while Rick Hawn (14-1-0) entered as the No.12. Chandler vs Hawn, main event of Bellator 85, is valid for the Bellator lightweight title (Chandler’s first defense). Watch the video!
Review: 2012-05-04, good and fast TKO in the first round: Michael Chandler vs Akihiro Gono gets three stars. The undefeated Michael Chandler ranked as the No.5 lightweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 9-0-0 while Akihiro Gono had a record of 32-17-7. Chandler vs Gono is the main event of Bellator 67. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-11-19, very aggressive start, great actions both standing and on the ground, high pace and a nice submission: the fight between Eddie Alvarez and Michael Chandler was definitely one of the best mma fights of 2011. Eddie Alvarez (22-2-0) entered as the No.4 lightweight in the world while Michael Chandler (8-0-0) entered as the No.52. Alvarez vs Chandler, main event of the Bellator 58, is valid for the Bellator Lightweight Championship (they also fought a second time on November 2, 2013: Chandler vs Alvarez 2). Watch the video!
Review: 2011-05-14, during the mma event “BFC – Bellator Fighting Championships 44” was scheduled the final of the Bellator lightweight tournament between Michael Chandler and Patricky Freire. After a tactical first round, the two fighters did a good fight: 3 stars; Chandler won Freire by unanimous decision; they also faced each other a second time on June 24, 2016 (=Michael Chandler vs Patricky Freire 2). Watch the video!
Review: Michael Chandler vs Marcin Held, after the super fight between Patricky Freire vs Rob McCullough, was probably the most interesting fight of the mma event Bellator 36. Chandler won Held at the first round by submission (arm-triangle choke). Watch the video!
