Full Fight | Michael Chandler vs. Sidney Outlaw | Bellator 237

our tale of the tape for this our co-main event of the evening two-inch reach advantage for sydney outlaw who is the younger of the two fighters of course as john said michael chandler has held the lightweight belt not once not twice but three times once again here is the voice michael c williams from tokyo japan bellator mmh now presents tonight's co-main event three five minute rounds at a contracted 160 pounds and now live on paramount network we introduce first the blue corner at five foot nine weighing in 160.9 pounds his professional record 14 wins three losses fighting out of coconut creek florida by way of philadelphia pennsylvania usa [Music] and across the cage his adversary fighting out of the red corner at five foot eight weighing in 160.7 pounds the three-time former bellator lightweight world champion brings a professional record with 19 victories five defeats by way of nashville tennessee he fights out of fort lauderdale florida usa presenting iron michael chandler and the referee in charge [Applause] those do it now good luck to you both brian miner our referee sydney outlaw michael chandler co-main event of the evening saitama super arena you ready you ready here we go chandler in the red gloves outlaw in the blue gloves their home gyms separated by about what john 8 to 10 miles maybe about 10 miles this is right now what you're seeing this is going to be a back and forth as far as pressure nice shot by michael chandler big body shots if sydney outlaw is not moving forward he is not as good in the stand-up he is a move forward type of fighter but so is michael and so it's a question of who's going to be able to be the guy that establishes that on the guy that's going to press in this fight michael really working the body early [Music] body shots pay off man oh yeah you're putting you're just putting dollars in the bank for later on in the fight i think the old video game knock them out knock them out michael senior mom betty white free that was a bomb titans tonight beautiful right hand straight low solid pull the leg out sydney outlaw nine fight win streak very impressive in his return to the bellator cage it had been five and a half years between bellator fights for outlaw and he was able to defeat roger huerta by unanimous decision michael chandler just keeps on going right back to that body shot that straight right hand to the solar plexus of sydney outlaw sydney's taking it well but you can only take so many of those before it starts to have an effect on your performance michael chandler very relaxed really taking it all in this week not really looking back no rear view mirror to what happened a few months ago well back in may john outside of downtown chicago in that lightweight title fight against patricio pitbull he said hey you can't he said at my age you can't control what happens in fights he's finally learned that sometimes it's going to go your way sometimes it's not you definitely cannot control everything that was a nice uppercut by sydney outlaw landed on chandler right there one of the things that we talk about all the time is it's a fight yes but it's competition and sometimes you're going to lose in competition and it's the way you handle those losses that are going to define who you are and what you are and where your career is going to go and the one thing that you have got to say michael chandler handled that loss to a guy in patricio pitbull that they didn't get along he handled it with class he said you know what good you know shot just like that michael chandler by knockout that was just a laser beam that just starched sydney outlaw that would have put anybody down that thing had power speed behind it when michael chandler is on and he is throwing his hands he is dangerous [Music] boom right behind the ear yeah same kind of shot that he was put down thinking his last fight it's just a spot that just short-circuits you and that's what happens to sydney outlaw reminiscent of his vicious first round ko a patricki pitbull back in 2016 michael chandler finishes sydney outlaw with a beautiful straight right hand we will make it official from here live on paramount network in japan when we come back what a performance what a finish for iron michael chandler simply outstanding with the knockout of sydney outlaw our fight replay brought to you by the marines he was sharp throughout the fight and his finish as good as any as we have seen in his career and he is at a few vicious knockouts to say the least couple more looks at it [Music] hands were clean the finish was there and a job well done by iron michael chandler the marines keeping us safe every single day official decision michael c williams ladies and gentlemen it comes to an end officially two minutes 59 seconds into round number one the winner by knockout iron michaels chandler knockout for chandler i'm here with your winner michael chandler michael that was an outstanding performance you were going to the body with the right hand that started to drop his hands down and then you hit him in that exact spot that you've been hit before and you talk about it you just lose sight of things it turns you off talk to me about that window [Applause] yeah you know this was uh this was just setting things up for the second half of the fight um with a guy like sydney outlaw big body strong wrestler got to start taking the wins out of the sales pretty quickly um you know but first of all my hat's off to him and if if it wasn't for sydney outlaw stepping up um after there was an injury a couple weeks ago i wouldn't have had a dream come true to come fight in front of the tokyo crowd so thank you guys so much [Applause] [Music] arigato you've been a three-time champion here at bellator you have fought against the very best that they have what is it that you want to do to take your career forward here in bellator right you know the older i get the longer i've been in this sport i'm just just excited to keep fighting against myself if i can step in here every single time and become the best michael chandler i possibly can be then i've done my job there's obviously some big fights here i'm still hungry for belts i'm still hungry for world titles three world titles isn't enough my wife deserves it my son deserves it um [Applause] i also want to say a special happy birthday and congratulations to dr bree chandler i love you so much half daddy's coming home baby japan give it up for michael iron chandler you

Channel: BellatorMMA

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Id: GOc61SVIMmA

Length: 11min 29sec (689 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 14 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/BerkshireMtnSculptor]

“I see holes”-Kevin Lee

[u/TDogeee]

Chandler is so underrated it’s insane, you can think that Hooker wins and that’s fine but chandler isn’t a can

[u/Glibicz]

I wish Chandler vs Hooker ends up being banger no matter who wins, so people can out more respect on Chandlers name

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As Goldie ages, the pauses between words increase.