As he always says, he isn’t here for a long time, he’s here for a good time. Between his fights, his interviews and his call outs, what a good time its been.
He isn’t scared to stand and bang with the best of them, but he also doesn’t forget his D1 roots. I love the way he mixes in his wrestling with his striking.
He may never be UFC champ, but man what a career hes had so far. I also can’t think of someone who has called out so many high level guys so quickly: Conor x2, Khabib, Dustin 2x, Charles, Gaethje and now rumored to want Nate.
The guy has really hit the ground running coming to the UFC…as he’s said himself. Next to Charles, one of the most exciting and dangerous guys in the game. Cant wait for him to replace DC as a commentator too.
Good call on him becoming a commentator or analyst too. He has positioned himself perfectly as a Fighter and for his Post Fight Career. What I think separates him from a lot of the analysts the UFC uses (I’m looking at you DC) is he seems to be very un-biased and even when talking about himself or peers he is able to remove his bias and analyze it on a practical level.
After he KO’d Tony he was at the desk on the post fight show and those guys with him sitting right there on the headset were talking up Oliveira as the best in the world right now. Chandler just not nodded and contributed. No ego inserting himself in there even when it was his night too. That is a Champion and shows a lot of Character.
Chandler is phenomenal. Glad he waited for UFC. The gif above up there… Chandler had the stank leg that one fight, right? What a weird one that was. Dude is stellar though, complete beast.
Chandler vs Eddie Alvarez 1 took place the same night as Shogun vs Hendo. 2 FOTYs same night. And while those 2 were battling for Bellator Gold, Ben Henderson was the Champ in the UFC. Chandler would defeat him twice later on. Chandlers been a monster for over a decade it’s kind of amazing he is 4 for 4 on must see UFC performances in 2021-2022.
