Michael Chandler is basing his belief that he will break Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 on past evidence. Michael Chandler is on record in recently stating that he believes that Dan Hooker was a tougher test than Oliveira will be, and one of the reasons h…
Michael Chandler is basing his belief that he will break Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 on past evidence. Michael Chandler is on record in recently stating that he believes that Dan Hooker was a tougher test than Oliveira will be, and one of the reasons he came to that conclusion is because Hooker never gives […]
Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz are prepared to make history on May 15 when they take part in the first-ever five-round co-main event in the UFC. According to an ESPN report released late Tuesday night, Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz has been booked to serve as…
Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz are prepared to make history on May 15 when they take part in the first-ever five-round co-main event in the UFC. According to an ESPN report released late Tuesday night, Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz has been booked to serve as the co-main event of UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler. […]
Michael Chandler believes Dan Hooker is a tougher test than Charles Oliveira. Chandler takes on Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the UFC 262 headliner which takes place May 15 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. In Oliveira, Chandler will be facing arguably his toughest opponent yet with the former currently on an […]
Michael Chandler believes Dan Hooker is a tougher test than Charles Oliveira.
Chandler takes on Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the UFC 262 headliner which takes place May 15 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
In Oliveira, Chandler will be facing arguably his toughest opponent yet with the former currently on an eight-fight winning streak and fresh off a dominant unanimous decision win over Tony Ferguson. “Do Bronx” is also a betting favorite going into the fight.
However, Chandler disagrees. He even believes Hooker — who he TKO’d in one round in his UFC debut — was a tougher test for him than Oliveira will be.
“I think Dan Hooker was a tougher test, and that’s not me predicting that I’m going to knock Oliveira out in two minutes because I knocked Hooker out in two and a half,” Chandler told ESPN (via Middle Easy). “If you look at the past fights, you look at the Poirier vs Hooker fight, the Felder vs Hooker fight, I mean the guy is absolutely unbreakable. I was going to have to separate him from consciousness to beat him, and luckily I was able to do that.
“Charles Oliveira is not that. I think Charles Oliveira is a tough competitor, but I think Dan Hooker has a lot bigger and better attributes. I would say Dan Hooker is a tougher test, but that is not me looking past Charles Oliveira.”
Compared to Hooker, Chandler even went as far as calling Oliveira a quitter. Of course, he also used past fights as evidence to back that up.
“If you look at the Paul Felder fight, he tapped due to strikes,” Chandler added. “You look at numerous fights, he just kind of goes… if he can’t impose his will on you, there comes a point where he just looks at you and decides ‘Okay, you’ve won this one. I’m done. I’m going to go collect half a paycheck and I’m going to go home,’” Chandler said.
“I think there’s going to be a moment or multiple moments in this fight where he’s going to see it in my eyes, he’s going to feel the power that I possess, he’s going to feel that I only get better, and he’s on a fast journey straight down to panicking. I just think that’s going to happen.”
Even before competing for the vacant title against Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler believes that a fight with Conor McGregor may serve as his first title defense after he takes care of business at UFC 262. Michael Chandler set the mixed martial arts…
Even before competing for the vacant title against Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler believes that a fight with Conor McGregor may serve as his first title defense after he takes care of business at UFC 262. Michael Chandler set the mixed martial arts world ablaze after he knocked out Dan Hooker in less than three minutes […]
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Surprised that Tony Ferguson would accept the fight, Beneil Dariush understands that the former interim lightweight champion’s back is against the wall at UFC 262. To the delight of the fans, the lightweight pairing was announced to be a part of the enormous UFC 262: Chandler vs. Oliveira pay-per-view event. At first, many were surprised […]
Jack Hermansson’s most recent loss to Marvin Vettori was due in part to impacted vision, but Hermansson is seeing 20/20 as he heads into the future. Jack Hermansson will face Edmen Shahbazyan at UFC 262, and with both men coming off of a loss, th…
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Michael Chandler believes Dan Hooker is a tougher test than Charles Oliveira. Chandler takes on Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title in the UFC 262 headliner which takes place May 15 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. In Oliveira, Chandler will be facing arguably his toughest opponent yet with the former currently on an […]