Yes he can, and he should. But, will he? That’s the question.
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Chandler seems to have one round of fight in him, after the first take down (of Pimblett) he was done.
How does a yank wrestler get tired out by grappling with an Englishman? It just doesn’t make sense any more.
And his striking is the opposite of smooth, he needs to throw at 100% in order to be effective and once again, he only has a round of that in him.
His best chance is just to go all out in the first round, which he kind of already does so…
I don’t fully agree but I don’t have the answer. I’ve seen him go 5 rounds plenty of times without gassing. Oliveira beat his ass all night on the feet and on the ground. He slowed down, but never gassed. He looked good against Poirier and Gaethje.
He went to decision a few times in Bellator against Benson, and maybe Primus? I don’t remember him ever gassing though and sometimes even coming on strong in the later rounds. Maybe Paddy was doing more damage to him than we thought, but I don’t think it’s as simple as he’s a “one round fighter”.
Chandler should probably stop doing all the “vitamins” and drop down to 145 or 135 where he should be.
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He needs to join the rest of the hobbits at team alpha male and get on the cardio gear
IMO, it never felt like Charles was trying to finish the fight at any time. I wouldn’t even be surprised if the goal was to log in fight-time and stay safe. But then he almost got caught in the 5th but was still able to get the upperhand by the end of that round.
Paddy may be seeing how they both did against Chandler and using that as a measuring stick for his call-out just of Charles.
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Certain fighters always carry more name value than others, despite obviously not being anywhere near what their hype is. This is regarding older fighters, not new hype trains. It’s interesting.
I mean Chandler is a gatekeeper now, but he still gets heralded around fight time as this unstoppable monster, but doesn’t fight even remotely like one.
He’s just a really exciting fighter like Donald Cerrone or the Diaz brothers. And he doesn’t seem completely washed like Tony or late stage BJ Penn. He’s only lost to the tip-top of the UFC’s hardest weight class.
At least at one point Cerrone went on a crazy run, then went downhill, then went on a run at 170 for a bit.
I agree that exciting fighters get more recognition, but there’s this extra thing that certain fighters get, as far as name value. It’s weird.
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Yeah probably.
I think Oliveira wanted the finish but wasn’t gonna press it because of Chandler’s toughness. Chandler needs to fight a fringe top 15-20 guy to really see where he’s at, but he should think about retirement soon.
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This is a good description of Conor now. And Rousey if she ever decides to come back.
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Chandler must have signed a damn good contract. He’s getting on the PPV events and getting a push from the marketing department every time.
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