Both showed that you don't need to just punch each other in the face to make the fight entertaining...that was one of the best scrap i've seen...Those scrambles and transitions were truly something to behold...
Man, that was beautiful. Gregor was CLEARLY on his way out (from face punches ironically, lol) and then BAM, he crushes it in round 2 and gets the finish. Awesome scrap.
Probably the best BJJ VS wrestling fight I've seen in a long time -- Gregor's folkstyle wrestling is fantastic -- back in college, he was a monster at riding his opponents. Now in MMA, he seems to have improved his takedown ability as well.
Normally when he gets the takedown, he stays on top. Ferreira's ground game is just so good that he was able to turn it around everytime until he gassed. This was a great match up!
I like Chandler but he can be beat by most of the top 10 in my opinion. HIs fight against Hooker made him look way better than he is. All Hooker did was run backwards.
I think Ferreira beats him with a full camp. Carlos took the fight on short notice (a few weeks) so was not able to work his cardio and he came into the fight overweight by 5lbs.
It’s tough to say right? You see a guy come in against someone who took Dustin Poirer to 5 rounds in an absolute war...right, and he gets knocked out in the first 2 minutes and looked absurdly uncomfortable.
This. I mean doing that once in awhile to train at a specific place that isn't local to where you live is one thing, but to have that be your main training location and spending 9 hours of driving each day multiple times a week is not very productive. He should move closer or at least stay at a location closer to the gym for a few days while he trains there. He probably would spend the same amount of money on gas anyway. At least he's not wasting 9 hours everyday just driving. If he was getting paid to drive that's one thing, but if he isn't, it isn't really the best way to use your time.
I'm not judging Chandler by just that one fight. I have watched his other fights with Ben Henderson (2x) and Patricio and Will Brooks. Against Will he lost twice but that was a good few years ago. Don't get me wrong Chandler is the real deal, def top 5. But how would he do agains the other killers in top 5 or 10?
I saw him call out CDF on Twitter. You’re not the only person who’s really high on him. What do you think his ceiling is?
Top 3
I have no idea that’s the issue. There’s a world where you can chalk up will brooks as a growth opportunity. There’s also a world where you could argue Patricio is the best 155er on the planet now that Khabibs gone. That’s the thing that makes this so interesting for me. I don’t think it’ll happen, but what if it does? What it chandler is too fast and strong for oliviera and ko’s him in round 1?
I think he's an exciting fighter and excellent cardio (going by his fights with Benson Henderson). He was unlucky got caught by Patricio in under a minute. If he beats Oliviera (probably the most improved fighter in the whole of MMA) then he's definitely up there.
Yeah...what I’d like to see is how he handles the grappling and the range on the feet if he can’t just ko the guy. Charles has such a crazy ability to grab subs out of nowhere. Hard to imagine chandler wanting to risk takedowns but if he does well learn a lot
