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Chandler is just giving fights away

It appears that he doesn't fight to a gameplay other than go balls to wall. A but like Gaethje v1.

It's entertaining as fuck though.
 
He doesnt give the fights away. The guy just dont have any plan B. He go full speed and if the other doesnt go down, thats it, his cardio collapse and he's done.
 
NationWideNinja said:
I dont know if hes panicking in there, or that hes so married to this idea of being an all-action fighter, but I cant help but feel that hes giving wins away. The Poirier fight looked beyond winnable if he didnt spaz out from the get-go and emptied the gastank in round 1. He could probably have comfortably wrestlefucked Poirier if he commited to a disciplined gameplan.
Same with the Gaethje fight. Had he fought a somewhat smart fight he could have taken an important round and walked away with the victory.
The Oliveira fight is the only one I feel that he fought a good fight but simply got caught.

If he didnt go HAM every time he stepped in the cage he could currently be 4-1 in the UFC instead of 2-3.
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Dude has insane power. He loses focus, accuracy and defence at the same time when he starts trading or smells blood. Super exciting but yeah he gives away the fights.
 
Doostin has only been finished twice by strikes (and the Conor one was bizarre). He's incredibly durable.

I was shocked that Chandler actually came back and won round 2. The reality is he just doesn't have the best chin and is too aggressive. He's got the Conor thing going on where he's super dangerous in the first round. With Conor, it's mostly cardio. With Chandler, it's mostly damage. Once he starts getting hurt, it's pretty much over.

I don't think there is any way for him to really fix that. He's probably the most exciting fighter on the roster but he'll probably never be champion unless he has an Eddie Alvarez type situation where he lucks into a title shot due to someone getting injured.
 
He is not super bright and just likes the action. Too bad, guys dropped fights he otherwise should win...
 
He was gassed, huffing and puffing, and his brilliant fight IQ was to suplex slam DP instead of just going for a safe TD

He would have most likely won a decision if he had taken down DP with the regular double he had instead of switching to a cool-looking suplex with 0 gas in the tank
 
I think he came to the UFC, realized the money he can make, and is making it. All action, take a shot to give a shot. He'll fight like this til he retires and he'll have so much more money than had he fought safe and grinded out wins.
 
i thought chandler was going to win that fight. but poirier is wily man, he figures out ways to win.
 
He's trying to make as much money for himself in as short a time as possible.

He's decided to shit talk and fight like this as part of that plan.
 
Michael Chandler is Tin Cup. He goes for it, every single time. He won't win the big one, but he'll make his mark. It's his blessing and his curse.
 
OldBoy91 said:
Pretty obvious he's fighting to entertain moreso than to win.
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yeah, i agree, he tells himself to go in there and be crazy and doesn't even think about how to win/what is needed to win. rofl.
 
His gas tank is a problem and he is 37 in 5 months.
Very tired in the 2nd round.
Imagine him having to go with a cardio monster like Poirier for 5 rounds. Fight should have been 5 rounds anyway.
Instead we get Esparza punching the air and not being able to walk sideways without ice skates
 
humdizzle said:
he already said at the post fight presser lol. time stamped.

the CTE clearly setting in

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He needs 3 wins for a TS. Lol. Darisuh has like 7 in a row. He's 2-3. Beat losing skid Hooker and Zombie Tony.

Let those top 5 guys fight some new lower ranked guys. It's not realistic. Gaethje DP Chandler been top 5 forever.
 
OldBoy91 said:
His fight IQ during his UFC run has been pretty bad. Pretty obvious he's fighting to entertain moreso than to win.

He's become the ultimate company man in such a short space of time.

I honestly think his main goal is to set himself up with a long term job with the UFC when he retires, as a commentator or an analyst, more than it is to become champion.
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I'd agree with that. As great as his fight with Gaethje was he wasn't that smart about it really.
 
richardjohnson said:
This idea that Chandler is willing to take unnecessary damage just to put on a show for the fans is just fucking stupid. He fights the way he does because his cardio isn’t great and his best path to victory is to get his opponent out of there early like he did to Hooker and Tony.
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This is true. People talk about Chandlers UFC run as if he used to be some calculated technical master of gameplans before he came to the UFC. Chandler can wrestle, but hes always been involved in wild back and forth fights and he loves to exchange blows. It's just the way he fights.
 
WhiteMousse said:
If he had used jabs and straights he would have had Poirier out of there in the first round. A big part of Dustin's R1 strategy was letting Mike wiff on huge looping haymakers.
There was a point where Chandler had Poirier hurt. At that point, he should have used body work and straight punches
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Friend said the same thing that Chandler was gassed from just winging out power punches the entire 1st and 2nd round.



Chandler has the potential to be a champion but he's got to work on his discipline.
 
Thanks to his wild fights and the exposure then and the UFC audience provides he is making much more money than just grinding out his opponents, like he said, he is there for a good time not a long time.
 
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