Oliveira vs Chandler

Who won Oliveira vs Chandler?

Charles Oliveira beat Michael Chandler by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the UFC lightweight championship.

Oliveira vs Chandler stats

Charles Oliveira stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Michael Chandler made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Charles Oliveira's 33rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Charles Oliveira's UFC record stood at 22-10-0, while Michael Chandler's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested that Oliveira and Chandler have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Oliveira and Chandler would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Charles Oliveira was the younger man by 4 years, at 34 years old.

Oliveira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Chandler. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Chandler, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 79 to Chandler's 68.

Oliveira vs Chandler form

Oliveira had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 on 10th June 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous to that, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Justin Gaethje at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by submission in the 1st round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Before that, he had defeated Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Michael Chandler at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Chandler had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Dan Hooker at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Benson Henderson at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Sidney Outlaw at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, United States.

He was victorious against Brent Primus at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Charles Oliveira had been fighting more than Michael Chandler.

Going to this contest, Charles Oliveira had last fought 10 months and 18 days ago, while Michael Chandler's last outing had been 3 years, 3 months and 5 days ago.

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 4 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.8 rounds on average.

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