Michael Chandler Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#9Mauricio Ruffy Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	4:29	UFC Freedom 250	Jun 14, 2026
L	#12Paddy Pimblett Lightweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R3	3:07	UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes	Apr 12, 2025
L	#2Charles Oliveira Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic	Nov 16, 2024
L	#2Dustin Poirier Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	2:00	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022
W	#7Tony Ferguson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Front kick	R2	0:17	UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje	May 7, 2022
L	#2Justin Gaethje Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021
L	#3Charles OliveiraTitle Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	0:19	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	May 15, 2021
W	#6Dan Hooker Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	2:30	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor	Jan 23, 2021

Outside the UFC

21-5across 26 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 7 sub · 5 decBellator · BFC · Strikeforce · FB

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Benson Henderson30-13	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:09	Bellator	Aug 7, 2020
W	Sidney Outlaw22-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:59	Bellator	Dec 29, 2019
L	Patricio Freire37-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:01	Bellator	May 11, 2019
W	Brent Primus16-6	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Bellator	Dec 14, 2018
W	Brandon Girtz17-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:00	Bellator	Apr 13, 2018
W	Goiti Yamauchi31-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jan 20, 2018
L	Brent Primus16-6	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:22	Bellator	Jun 24, 2017
W	Benson Henderson30-13	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Bellator	Nov 19, 2016
W	Patricky Freire25-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:14	Bellator	Jun 24, 2016
W	David Rickels22-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:05	Bellator	Nov 6, 2015
W	Derek Campos20-16	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:17	Bellator	Jun 19, 2015
L	Will Brooks26-5-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R4	3:48	Bellator	Nov 15, 2014
L	Will Brooks26-5-1	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Bellator	May 17, 2014
L	Eddie Alvarez30-8	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	Bellator	Nov 2, 2013
W	David Rickels22-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:44	Bellator	Jul 31, 2013
W	Rick Hawn21-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	3:07	Bellator	Jan 17, 2013
W	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:56	BFC	May 4, 2012
W	Eddie Alvarez30-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	3:06	BFC	Nov 19, 2011
W	Patricky Freire25-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	May 14, 2011
W	Lloyd Mix15-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	BFC	Apr 9, 2011
W	Marcin Held31-11	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:56	BFC	Mar 12, 2011
W	Chris Page2-11	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	0:57	BFC	Oct 14, 2010
W	Scott Stapp2-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:57	BFC	Sep 30, 2010
W	Salvador Woods8-18	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:59	Strikeforce	May 15, 2010
W	Richard Bouphanouvong1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:07	Strikeforce	Nov 20, 2009
W	Kyle Swadley3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:30	FB	Aug 8, 2009

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

11 wins, 5 losses

W11

L5

Submission

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Decision

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.25

Above avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.13

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Michael Chandler

PowerChin

Knockout rate

25%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.94 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

3

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

5

1.77 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Michael Chandler

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

1 round total

0

Won

1

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC50th

49%318 / 630

Striking accuracy

43%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.48 differential

Landed4.04

Absorbed4.52

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%70th212
Body23%67th73
Leg10%49th33

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

74%Standing

Standing74%235
Clinch2%6
Ground24%77

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Michael Chandler

Landed per 15

Head

A

78th

38.5

78th

Body

A

72nd

13.2

72nd

Leg

C

45th

6.0

45th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

F

12th

51.3

12th

Body

A

76th

6.3

76th

Leg

F

15th

13.6

15th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	38.5	212	487	44%
Body	13.2	73	104	70%
Leg	6.0	33	39	85%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	51.3	283	521	54%
Body	6.3	35	57	61%
Leg	13.6	75	87	86%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Michael Chandler

36%

Takedown accuracy

56%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.5 min net

On top2.8

On bottom4.3

Offense

Takedowns

B

63rd

1.6

63rd

TD accuracy

C

49th

36%

49th

Sub attempts

C

49th

0.2

49th

Control

C

54th

2.8 min

54th

Defense

TD defense

C

44th

56%

44th

Controlled

4.3 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	9 / 25
Submission attempts	1
Control time	15:32

Defense

TDs defended	9 / 16
Control absorbed	23:52

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (83min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Michael Chandler

8 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 83 min

61%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Chandler fades (-24% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Chandler drops to 61% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Chandler ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Chandlerlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Chandlerattempts / min

Control time

Chandler% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.3	4.3	4.1	0.35	23%	8
R2	5.2	3.2	5.4	0.34	25%	6
R3	3.8	3.0	6.8	0.26	0%	4
R4	2.2	1.6	2.8	0.20	0%	1
R5	9.6	8.0	2.4	0.00	40%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Michael Chandler

8 resolved UFC bouts · 8 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

56/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

99th

84%

99th

Win quality

F

1st

5%

1st

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

4

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	3	0-3	0%
Top-5	4	2-2	50%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Mauricio Ruffy#9	Top-15	72	Jun 14, 2026
L	Paddy Pimblett#12	Top-5	74	Apr 12, 2025
L	Charles Oliveira#2	Champion	96	Nov 16, 2024
L	Dustin Poirier#2	Top-5	92	Nov 12, 2022
W	Tony Ferguson#7	Top-5	87	May 7, 2022
L	Justin Gaethje#2	Champion	96	Nov 6, 2021
L	Charles Oliveira#3	Champion	94	May 15, 2021
W	Dan Hooker#6	Top-5	79	Jan 23, 2021

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

8 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-3

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-3

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

1-4

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael Chandler

Active

4 weekssince last bout

vs Mauricio Ruffy · Jun 14, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 1-6

51.1

DK avg

46.8

Median

103.5

Ceiling

22.6

Floor

25%

Boom

13%

Bust

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