Michael Chandler

MICHAEL CHANDLER

"Iron"

2-625% win rate

FIGHTER IDENTITY

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Organization

UFC
USA

Nationality

American

Birth

24/04/1986 (40)

Birthplace

High Ridge

United States

Sport / Status

MMA · Active

Weight class

Lightweight

Height

173 cm (5'8")

Style

Wrestler

Biography

Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chandler previously competed for Bellator MMA from 2010 through 2020 where he became a three-time Bellator Lightweight Champion and won the Bellator Season Four Lightweight Tournament. He challenged for the UFC Lightweight Championship.

WIN BREAKDOWN — MMA

8 total fights · 100% KO rate

KO/TKO2 (100%)
Submission0 (0%)
Decision0 (0%)

Fight history (8)

1 / 2
Loss
vs Mauricio RuffyTKO (spinning wheel kick and punches) (R1)UFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje — 14/06/2026
Loss
vs Paddy PimblettTKO (elbows and punches) (R3)UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes — 12/04/2025
Loss
vs Charles OliveiraDecision - Unanimous (R5)UFC 309 — 16/11/2024
Loss
vs Dustin PoirierSubmission (R3)UFC 281 — 12/11/2022
Win
vs Tony FergusonKO/TKO (Kick) (R2)UFC 274 — 07/05/2022

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