Bloodied and battered, Bellator champ Chandler relied on Martinez for focus

Sitting on the stool after the third round of his fight with Eddie
Alvarez, Bellator lightweight Michael Chandler was in a bad way.

He had gone after the win in the most vicious manner possible, dropping
Alvarez in the first 20 seconds of the fight an…

Sitting on the stool after the third round of his fight with Eddie
Alvarez, Bellator lightweight Michael Chandler was in a bad way.

He had gone after the win in the most vicious manner possible, dropping
Alvarez in the first 20 seconds of the fight and then again later in the
round, and still the Bellator champ was staring across from him on an
opposing stool.

He had prepared for this moment, but maybe not for its reality.