True but Gaethje would've been a more winnable fight for Chandler compared to Hooker. Their styles are too similar and their size. Gaethje can be hurt and it'll turn more into a brawl when that happens and Chandler hits hard enough to be able to hurt or KO/TKO Gaethje like Poirer and Alvarez was able to do. The Hooker fight is actually a much harder fight for Chandler. It's going to be harder for Chandler to use his strengths vs Hooker compared to Gaethje.
This could be accurate. I really have a hard time predicting this one. Chandler always looks super explosive and is the toughest wrestler Hooker faced (correct me if I'm wrong). It's just impossible for me to judge if his wrestling is good enough to take Hooker down. If not, I don't see him win
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You are correct sir...the UFC has "weight classes" not "height classes". Some people are easily confused!
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Last I checked Stefan Struve at 7 feet tall never won a HW belt...If height and reach were the primary keys to success then UFC champions would be more like basketball players i.e. tall and skinny (max height). Khabib not tall and thin. GSP not tall and thin. Height and reach are nice to have, but not the end all be all. Mike Tyson was a 5 foot 10 inch HW boxing champion who use to destroy other boxers (all taller than him) and he didn't even have the benefit of take-downs, grappling, submissions, GnP and other techniques that MMA fighters can use to offset reach deficit.
Yeah Chandler probably has the best wrestling but he's fought some great grapplers like Gilbert Burns and Jim Miller. I feel like Hookers size will be hard for Chandler to secure control for too long even if he is successful in getting take downs. Plus the extra size difference will make Chandler work harder to get the take downs with Hooker's higher hips and longer legs. Also having to explode from farther away, to get into range quick enough, without getting hit on the way in with strikes from Hooker.
Can be the case but I believe the size difference will be a factor. Trying to take down and maintain control over someone with that kind of size difference is a lot harder than doing it vs people closer to your size. The longer legs and higher hips will make Chandlers usual take downs harder to do and it'll be even harder for him to leverage his weight with that height difference. Also a lot harder to maintain control once he gets him down with the longer limbs. Plus striking Hooker has all the advantages with longer reach in his arms and legs. Chandler is going to have to get past the reach disadvantage by constantly trying to explode in. Hooker has a solid knee up the middle that he likes to use a lot for that type of fighter - that likes to explode in by level changing for strikes or a take down.
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