Michael Chandler · The Clinch

Strike accuracy 318/630

Takedown accuracy 9/25

Sig. strikes / round 15.9

Control / round 0:47

Inside the distance 100% 4 of 4 wins

Height: 5′8″172.7 cm
Reach: 71″180.3 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Orthodox
Age: 4024 APR 1986
Listed weight: 155 lb70.3 kg

Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 8 fights - 3.8 takedown attempts and 16% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 4 1-3-0 vs 1642 avg

Submission Grappler 4 1-3-0

Hybrid 2 1-1-0 vs 1628 avg

Well-Rounded 2 1-1-0

Striking 2 0-2-0 vs 1579 avg

Distance Striker 1 0-1-0

Pressure Striker 1 0-1-0

-- Not classified 2 2-0-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 4 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

20 NOV 2009 - beat Rich Bouphanouvong · Technical Knockout 15 MAY 2010 - beat Salvador Woods · Submission 23 JAN 2021 - beat Dan Hooker · Technical Knockout 15 MAY 2021 - lost to Charles Oliveira · Technical Knockout 06 NOV 2021 - lost to Justin Gaethje · Decision (Unanimous) 07 MAY 2022 - beat Tony Ferguson · Technical Knockout 12 NOV 2022 - lost to Dustin Poirier · Submission 16 NOV 2024 - lost to Charles Oliveira · Decision (Unanimous) 12 APR 2025 - lost to Paddy Pimblett · Technical Knockout 14 JUN 2026 - lost to Mauricio Ruffy · Technical Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 20 rounds across 8 of 10 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 15.9

Sig. strikes absorbed 19.7

Takedowns landed 0.5

Knockdowns 0.1

Sub. attempts 0.1

Control time 0:47 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 50% 318/630

Takedowns 36% 9/25

Opponents’ accuracy 59% 393/665

Where the strikes land

Head 67% 212

Body 23% 73

Leg 10% 33

And from where

At distance 74% 235

In the clinch 2% 6

On the ground 24% 77

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 3 won Technical Knockout · 3-3

Submission 1 won Submission · 1-1

Decision 0 won Decision (Unanimous) · 0-2

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
14 JUN 2026	Mauricio Ruffy	Lost	Technical Knockout	R1 4:29	3	19	UFC Freedom 250
12 APR 2025	Paddy Pimblett	Lost	Technical Knockout	R3 3:07	11	80	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
16 NOV 2024	Charles Oliveira	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	84	88	UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
12 NOV 2022	Dustin Poirier	Lost	Submission	R3 2:00	43	38	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira
07 MAY 2022	Tony Ferguson	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 0:17	27	20	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
06 NOV 2021	Justin Gaethje	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	103	116	UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2
15 MAY 2021	Charles Oliveira	Lost	Technical Knockout	R2 0:19	30	24	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler
23 JAN 2021	Dan Hooker	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 2:30	17	8	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor
15 MAY 2010	Salvador Woods	Won	Submission	R1 0:59	--	--	Strikeforce - Heavy Artillery
20 NOV 2009	Rich Bouphanouvong	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 2:07	--	--	Strikeforce Challengers 5