Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, he is a former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion. He also competed in collegiate wrestling out of the University of Missouri.
About Michael Chandler in brief
Michael Chandler Jr. is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, he is a former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion. He also competed in collegiate wrestling out of the University of Missouri, where he earned NCAA Division I All-American honors. Chandler was born and raised in High Ridge, Missouri, on April 24, 1986, and is the son of Michael Sr. and Betty Chandler. He is a graduate of Northwest High School and Missouri State High School. He was on the honor roll every term in high school, received three letters in football, and finished second at the Missouri State high school Championships his senior year for wrestling. He opted out of competing as an amateur and in August 2009, Chandler made his professional MMA debut with a first-round TKO victory over Kyle Swadley.
He made his Strikeforce debut on November 20, 2009 at Strikeforce Challengers: Woodley vs. Bears where he fought Richard Bouphanouvong, He won the bout via technical knockout in the second round. In February 2011, it was announced that Chandler would be a part of the Bellator Season Four Lightweight Tournament. In the opening round of the tournament, Chandler won the contest via technical submission after choking Marcin Held unconscious with an arm-triangle choke. Chandler then faced Lloyd Woodard at Bellator 40 and won via unanimous decision to move onto the finals of the competition. The tournament final took place at Bellators 44 where Chandler faced Patricky Freire. He defeated Freire via unanimous victory to win USD 100,000 and a shot at the Bellators Lightweight world Championship. In his first fight after winning the title, Chandler faced Akihiro Gono in a non-title superfight at Bellated 67.
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