Chandler vs Yamauchi

Who won Chandler vs Yamauchi?

Michael Chandler beat Goiti Yamauchi by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 192, on Saturday 20th January 2018 at Great Wester Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michael Chandler.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Chandler vs Yamauchi stats

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

Goiti Yamauchi made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 18 by submission.

Michael Chandler's Bellator record stood at 18-5-0, while Goiti Yamauchi's came in at 14-5-0.

The stats suggested Yamauchi had a slight advantage in power over Chandler, with a 5% knock out percentage over Chandler's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Chandler, boasting a 82% submission rate over Chandler's 0%.

Michael Chandler was the older man by 6 years, at 37 years old.

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

Chandler was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Yamauchi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 11 more professional rounds, 68 to Yamauchi's 57.

Chandler vs Yamauchi form

Chandler 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 Benson Henderson at Bellator 243 on 7th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Sidney Outlaw at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had lost to 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.

Before that, he had defeated Brent Primus at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He was victorious against Brandon Girtz at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

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Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 15 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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