UFC Lightweight Fighter Michael Chandler Reveals Why He Dropped a Game Plan in a Fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 268.
“I upset my wife because I told her the game plan before the fight, and myself … Let’s do it – in a grappling match I would beat Justin Gaethje 9 times out of 10. Just because my wrestling is on a different level. I could get close to him, I could underhook him, I could take him by the head and crush him with my weight, I could constantly use these holds to my advantage. Honestly, in the fight I didn’t hear my angle at all – MSG was so noisy that I never heard my coaches during the fight. I only heard them in the corner.
And Henry can confirm that this was probably the most streamed fight in my career, when I was so “in the zone” that I didn’t even hear the coach, but only wanted him to get out of the cage as soon as possible, they removed me from under me a chair and I would be back in the face of my opponent as soon as possible. Of course, this fight with Gaethje is not the easiest and smartest way to the title, but I chose it, because these are the fights that fans love MMA for. I couldn’t control myself, I wanted to put on a spectacle. Such wars cement your name. I’m sure Gaethje will beat the winner of the Oliveira-Poirier pair, and maybe we’ll have a rematch in the middle of next year.
What would happen if it were five rounds? I’m happy it wasn’t five rounds (laughs). Considering what kind of blows we took … What is good for three rounds – you can not take your foot off the gas pedal. You can lay out everything here and now and not distribute forces. Who knows what would have happened in five rounds… We were both throwing bombs, both were shocked, I could have finished him in the 4th round” Chandler said on The MMA Hour.
On November 7, Chandler lost to Gaethje via unanimous decision at UFC 268.
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