The rematch may tell a different story.
UFC 309
The co-headliner for UFC 309 is a Lightweight contenders bout between Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira. Last time these two fought, Michael was winning the fight, until he wasn’t. After dominating the first round, Michael was on the bad side of a knockout just 19 seconds into the second round.
Charles then went on to fight Arman Tsarukyan, which he lost. Now, Michael Chandler was asked by Daniel Cormier on his YouTube Channel if he saw anything in that loss. Michael believes Oliveira is the same old guy.
I mean, Arman was obviously able to take him down and control him a lot. Landed some big shots on the bottom. Charles will sit in guard and he’s not afraid to sit in guard. I think part of it is because, I think, I don’t think he really thinks he’s going to get a submission laying down there. I think he’s like “well, I’m going to let this fight play out and I’m just going to lay down here and I’m okay losing this round” and I’m okay winning the round if I’m on top. However, man, I just think I am completely different, and he is a lot of the same. And also, he’s coming off of that loss, which is, he’s probably lost a little bit of confidence after losing that fight. I was there, cageside, watched it. Arman did a lot of great things. But, I think I’m going to be so much different. Too fast, too powerful, too tenacious and too big of a callout.
Michael has been talking about a ‘2.0’ side of him all week. We’ll see how that stacks up against Do Brox this Saturday.You can see the full card for UFC 309 here.
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