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 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 3 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

Justin Gaethje had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by submission in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had won against Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 5th round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Donald Cerrone at UFC on ESPN+ 16 on 14th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada.

Before that, he had defeated Edson Barboza at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

He was victorious against James Vick at UFC Fight Night 135 on 25th August 2018 by knockout in the 1st round at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln.

Michael Chandler had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been beaten by Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 on 15th May 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

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

He had been defeated 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.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Justin Gaethje had last fought 3 years, 6 months and 1 day ago, while Michael Chandler's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 10 days ago.

Gaethje's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 8 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 11 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.2 rounds on average.

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