Media Islam: ''Chandler will gas out against Gaethje after first 2 rounds''

[Tevfik1907]

time stamp: 7:18

Islam: ''I think Gaethje will win, everyone knows Chandler fights for just first and second rounds, that's his biggest chance to finish Gaethje in the first two rounds, but after that, it is going to be trouble for him.''

Poirier vs. Oliveira fight;

''Very close fight. But I think more like Poirier will win, because he has more experience on tough fights. He beat a lot of tough opponents. He has a lot of five round fights.''

He also says Conor's time is finished, and says Conor won't be a top 5 fighter from now on. He thinks the same for Tony Ferguson.

 

[MMAElite4]

Heir to the throne of the LW division.

Poirier vs. Islam in 2022 will be a great fight. Closer I think that Khabib vs. Poirier but Islam still wins.

 

[Slatersan]

Stern…Stern but fair.

 

[richardjohnson]

Uh oh this one probably gonna make some people upset

 

[JustBleed69]

Stern…Stern but fair.

Russian police......

 

[13Seconds]

1. Chandlers gastank is underrated. Pushed a hard pace vs Oliviera and wasn't even breathing heavy. Just got ktfo. Dug deep in his all time classic war against EA and finished him in the 4th round.

2. Gaethjes gastank ain't all that. Gassed vs EA, looked tired as all hell vs Khabib.

3. This is a 3 rounder, which will allow Chandler to push a harder pace if he needs to.

The more i think about it the more im leaning Chandler. Gaethje fucked up by not demanding this to be a 5 rounder.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Gaethje overwhelms chandler late in the second round after a competitive first

 

[Slatersan]

Russian police......

 

[Chael_Sonnen]

Chandler has a really good gas tank. It's just that he pushes a stupidly insane pace, so obviously he slows down.

Look at him vs EA 1 and 2. Him vs Bendo 1. Sure, he slows down and gets tired, but he also puts out crazy output and puts 100% power on everything he throws.

I actually think he has one of the best gas tanks at LW, it's just the way he fights that depletes it faster than more conservative styles.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Chandler vs Gaethje has FOTY written all over it. I absolutely love the way both of these guys approach a fist fight!

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Agreed, if Chandler doesn’t get a 1st round KO Gaethje will drown him

 

[waldywaldy]

Tha'ts what Chandler always does. He tries to take your head off early, if that doesn't work he'll lay on his opponent for the rest of the fight

 

[old school 2]

1. Chandlers gastank is underrated. Pushed a hard pace vs Oliviera and wasn't even breathing heavy. Just got ktfo. Dug deep in his all time classic war against EA and finished him in the 4th round.

2. Gaethjes gastank ain't all that. Gassed vs EA, looked tired as all hell vs Khabib.

3. This is a 3 rounder, which will allow Chandler to push a harder pace if he needs to.

The more i think about it the more im leaning Chandler. Gaethje fucked up by not demanding this to be a 5 rounder.

Gaejthe >>>Olivera> Chandler.

 

[Luckyme]

Gaethje slows down too. He admitted that wrestling tires him and Chandler says he plans to wrestle him. So probably Chandler will try to take him down first to gas him out before KOing him on the feet or GnP.

 

[Doughie99]

As long as Gaethje is victorious I don't mind what method, what round, etc.

Justin Gaethje has invested too much time / effort / blood to lose this fight.
Plus has ANYONE ever seen even ONE boring Gaethje fight? Like....Hell no.

I got Gaethje all the way. Hope he stops Chandler in devastating fashion, really.

 

[yougetKTFO]

Color me shocked.

While biased af the take is still accurate IMO

 

[mkt]

Color me shocked.

Even more so that 37-year old Tony Ferguson is beyond his best days. I'm surprised he didn't enlighten us about BJ Penn and Gilbert Melendez being out of their primes, too.

 

[mkt]

1. Chandlers gastank is underrated. Pushed a hard pace vs Oliviera and wasn't even breathing heavy. Just got ktfo. Dug deep in his all time classic war against EA and finished him in the 4th round.

2. Gaethjes gastank ain't all that. Gassed vs EA, looked tired as all hell vs Khabib.

3. This is a 3 rounder, which will allow Chandler to push a harder pace if he needs to.

The more i think about it the more im leaning Chandler. Gaethje fucked up by not demanding this to be a 5 rounder.

As for your second point, Gaethje did gas vs. Alvarez and Poirier, but had plenty of cardio for 5 rounds with Ferguson and used much more technical, efficient striking. He may still gas if he's forced to wrestle, but his striking game has improved...it's not just kill or be killed any more.

 

[B0l0joe]

Chandler has been five rounds several times and looked good most of the time. Benson is a fighter you don’t want to get tired against and chandler managed to handle him.