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Michael Chandler Compared With Tony Ferguson After Latest Loss: ‘Who’s He Going To Beat?’

Former MMA referee John McCarthy did not mince his words when analyzing UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler’s latest setback inside the Octagon. Chandler returned from a two-year layoff earlier this month, running it back with former champion Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of the UFC 309 pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden. After an unsuccessful […]

Former MMA referee John McCarthy did not mince his words when analyzing UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler’s latest setback inside the Octagon.

Chandler returned from a two-year layoff earlier this month, running it back with former champion Charles Oliveira in the co-main event of the UFC 309 pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden.

After an unsuccessful wait to share the cage with Conor McGregor, “Iron” finally moved on and set his sights on redemption opposite “Do Bronx,” who previously knocked him out in 2021.

But the former Bellator champion ultimately failed in that pursuit, suffering a lopsided unanimous decision defeat after five rounds of mostly dominance from Oliveira in New York City.

With the result, Chandler has now lost two straight and four of his six UFC fights. And that’s left one prominent figure in the sport giving a grim outlook on the 38-year-old’s status on MMA’s biggest stage.

During an episode of his Weighing In podcast alongside former UFC fighter Josh Thomson, McCarthy reflected on Chandler’s convincing defeat to Oliveira, which saw the Brazilian experience little adversity until a late surge from the American in round five.

The former referee and Bellator commentator compared him with another veteran fighter in Tony Ferguson, who has lost eight straight since his last victory in 2019.

“Michael Chandler has hit Tony Ferguson status. Just being honest,” McCarthy said. “Who’s he going to beat? He looked slow at times. You want to talk about looking slow, you cannot look slow in the lightweight division. You’re gonna die. And he got outwrestled by a jiu-jitsu guy.

“Michael Chandler got crushed. I mean, just crushed,” McCarthy continued. “The two years (away) showed that not only did Michael Chandler not improve as a fighter, but he declined, and he watched his career start to expire. … I like Michael Chandler as a person, and I think he’s great for the sport…(but) he’s calling out Conor McGregor after losing again — what the hell?! You can’t do that!”

Should Chandler get his wish in 2025, he may be departing the 155-pound division next time out.

During his post-fight Octagon interview, “Iron” once again called out McGregor despite his past failure to secure the lucrative fight. Should that finally come to fruition in the new year, it stands to reason that it would take place at welterweight.

Oliveira, meanwhile, has his eyes on regaining the ultimate prize. He’s widely expected to challenge the winner of Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan’s championship rematch, which is reportedly in the works for UFC 311 in Los Angeles early next year.

Jamahal Hill Looks Forward To Ji?í Procházka Clash: ‘It’s Been A Long Time Coming’

A clash between two former UFC light heavyweight champions was recently announced during the post-fight show following the Fight Night event in Macau. After the fact that Jamahal Hill will be facing Ji?í Procházka at UFC 311 was seemingly accidently said on the broadcast, it was later reported all over social media. With Magomed Ankalaev […]

A clash between two former UFC light heavyweight champions was recently announced during the post-fight show following the Fight Night event in Macau. After the fact that Jamahal Hill will be facing Ji?í Procházka at UFC 311 was seemingly accidently said on the broadcast, it was later reported all over social media.

With Magomed Ankalaev finally being in position to face Alex Pereira for the title, that leaves the #2 and #3-ranked contenders in the division free to settle a score that has existed for a long time. On January 18 in California, Hill and Procházka will finally put this chapter of their careers behind them.

When Hill defeated Glover Teixeira to become champion, it was because Procházka had vacated the title due to a significant injury. With Hill defending his title against the returning champion set to be the next fight, the same pattern repeated itself with “Sweet Dreams” giving the title up which was then won by Alex Pereira at UFC 295 last November.

Since then, “Poatan” has finished both men in consecutive fights meaning that a long-awaited match-up between them makes total sense for the division right now. With the news coming out sooner that expected, Hill did not confirm in his recent interview with Inside Fighting that this would be his next fight though he has teased it multiple times.

“Yeah we should, there’s gonna be an announcement soon. It’s gonna be announced soon, it’s a good one, it’s a good one.”

When Hill was asked whether he could provide any hints as to which fight it might be, he said that this contest is long overdue which essentially gives the game away without saying the name of his next opponent.

“It’s been a long time, it’s been a long time coming.”

Hill was then asked whether the fight he’s signed for is the one that all the fans expect it to be and though the former champion didn’t want to sign off on this, he made it pretty clear that it’s a big, highly anticipated bout.

“I don’t know which fight y’all think it’s going to be but I know y’all won’t be disappointed by it.”

Viral Violence! Hooker Wrecks IShowSpeed During Spar

YouTube – IShowSpeed

Dan Hooker took it easy on IShowSpeed during a friendly spar … but not too easy. IShowSpeed has mixed it up with a lot of different athletes during his streams, but no one has taken the fight to hi…


YouTube – IShowSpeed

Dan Hooker took it easy on IShowSpeed during a friendly spar … but not too easy.

IShowSpeed has mixed it up with a lot of different athletes during his streams, but no one has taken the fight to him like UFC lightweight Dan Hooker.

The popular streamer has stepped in the ring with Manny Pacquiao, challenged Muay Thai fighters in their gym and messed around at Cambodia Top Team. But everyone generally took it easy on Speed. Not so much the folks at City Kickboxing. Dan Hooker clearly held back and only gave a small percentage of his skills, but still uncorked quite the ass whupping on the 19-year-old influencer as he travelled across New Zealand.

The stream started with IShowSpeed sparring another member of CKB before asking Hooker for a go.

“Say less,” Hooker replied with a smile.

“You picked the wrong one!” someone in the gym called out.

As the two prepared to spar, Speed repeatedly tried to convince Hooker to go easy on him and slowly build up in intensity

“You can do whatever you want, but don’t break my s— because I still gotta stream, you know what I’m saying?” he said. “So we’re not trying to break nothing, but we can go at it.”

A minute later Hooker hit IShowSpeed with a liver shot that doubled over the streamer and left him wincing on the canvas for a few minutes. When the two resumed, Speed showed his speed and put a punch over the top that actually landed on Hooker. “The Hangman” responded by bullying his opponent into the cage and unleashing a series of unanswered hooks that buckled Speed to the canvas again.

In the past we’ve seen Speed beat Alex Pereira while messing around with one of those punching machines. There was no moral victory for Speed in this one outside of his willingness to get back up and continue taking a beating.

Well … compared to some other streamers like N3ON and Sneako, he did great. But that’s not exactly the highest bar. Still, he’s the undisputed champ of streaming right now, and he just exposed a whole new world of young people to Dan Hooker. So that’s a positive thing in our eyes.

Your daily UFC trivia game, Monday edition


Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day.

Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game!

What we need from you

  1. Play the game
  2. Share your result in the comments and on social media
  3. Provide feedback (Google Form or in comments below)

Today’s UFC in-5 game

Sunday’s UFC in-5 game

Saturday’s UFC in-5 game

Friday’s UFC in-5 game

The goal of the game is to guess the correct random UFC fighter player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED FIGHTERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. It will be a mix of well-known players and some “that guys” that we haven’t thought of in some time. The game will appear in slot #3 of the MMA Mania layout each morning, with occasional movement later in the day.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media.



Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out.

We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game, and we’re switching to a system of a new article each day for the game.

We tried using a single article for the game, updated with the latest game each day, but it was creating a bit of an unwieldy experience in the comments. So, we’ll have the current day’s game plus the previous three days in each new article. That way, you can catch up if you miss a day.

Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game!

What we need from you

  1. Play the game
  2. Share your result in the comments and on social media
  3. Provide feedback (Google Form or in comments below)

Today’s UFC in-5 game


Sunday’s UFC in-5 game


Saturday’s UFC in-5 game


Friday’s UFC in-5 game


The goal of the game is to guess the correct random UFC fighter player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED FIGHTERS. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. It will be a mix of well-known players and some “that guys” that we haven’t thought of in some time. The game will appear in slot #3 of the MMA Mania layout each morning, with occasional movement later in the day.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media.

4 Fights We Need to See After UFC Fight Night 248

The UFC was back in Macau on Saturday, and brought some of its top talent from China and wider Asia along for the trip. In the main event, former bantamweight…

The UFC was back in Macau on Saturday, and brought some of its top talent from China and wider Asia along for the trip. In the main event, former bantamweight…

Carlos Ulberg Targets Former Title Challenger After UFC Macau Win

Following his latest triumph, UFC light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg is looking to take the next step toward the title. Ulberg kept his ball rolling in the 205-pound division at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Macau, China, where he got the better of a former title challenger and longtime top-10 contender in Volkan Oezdemir. The City […]

Following his latest triumph, UFC light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg is looking to take the next step toward the title.

Ulberg kept his ball rolling in the 205-pound division at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night in Macau, China, where he got the better of a former title challenger and longtime top-10 contender in Volkan Oezdemir.

The City Kickboxing standout put in the kind of polished and technical display that he’s become synonymous with since falling on the wrong side of a wild brawl with Kennedy Nzechukwu back in 2021.

That marked Ulberg’s last loss, with the New Zealander winning all seven of his fights since. And having likely strengthened his position close to title contention with his performance at the Galaxy Arena, “Black Jag” has a plan to earn a first shot.

“Obviously Khalil had that opportunity last time, so I think for the next step, my next step would be up against a guy like Khalil Rountree,” Ulberg told the UFC’s Maddyn Johnstone-Thomas.

Rountree had a surprise opportunity to achieve champ status last month in Salt Lake City, where he challenged Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 307.

“The War Horse” put in a valiant effort opposite the former middleweight and reigning light heavyweight kingpin, winning the first two rounds before falling victim to a comeback and the famed power shots of “Poatan” in the fourth stanza.

Having gotten past the #8-ranked Oezdemir, Ulberg wants a crack at the #6 man in the division next year as he looks to become the latest title challenger to emerge from Auckland’s City Kickboxing camp.