Gaethje vs Chandler

Who won Gaethje vs Chandler?

Justin Gaethje beat Michael Chandler by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 268, on Saturday 6th November 2021 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Justin Gaethje.

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).

Gaethje vs Chandler stats

Justin Gaethje stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Michael Chandler made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Justin Gaethje's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in July 2017.

Justin Gaethje's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, while Michael Chandler's came in at 2-3-0.

The stats suggested Gaethje had a massive power advantage over Chandler, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Chandler's 45%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chandler had a large advantage over Gaethje, boasting a 32% submission rate over Gaethje's 5%.

Justin Gaethje was the younger man by 2 years, at 35 years old.

Gaethje had a height advantage of 3 inches over Chandler. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Gaethje was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years later than Chandler, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 66 to Chandler's 68.

Gaethje vs Chandler form

Chandler had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before 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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Gaethje's last 4 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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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