Bellator Champ Mike Chandler On Improving As A Fighter, The Move To Spike & More

Despite being a former NCAA 1 wrestler, Bellator lightweight champ Mike Chandler is back to working on his wrestling skills, noting in this interview that wrestling in college and wrestling in mixed martial arts are vastly different that he is at the point where he can no longer rely on his old skills. The champ is working with fighters like UFC champ Dominick Cruz and UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis to improve his cage defense as well as takedown abilities. In the second video, Chandler offers some thoughts on the move to Spike TV from MTV2, the tournament format, plus more.
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Despite being a former NCAA 1 wrestler, Bellator lightweight champ Mike Chandler is back to working on his wrestling skills, noting in this interview that wrestling in college and wrestling in mixed martial arts are vastly different that he is at the point where he can no longer rely on his old skills. The champ is working with fighters like UFC champ Dominick Cruz and UFC light heavyweight Phil Davis to improve his cage defense as well as takedown abilities. In the second video, Chandler offers some thoughts on the move to Spike TV from MTV2, the tournament format, plus more.

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