Chandler vs Girtz

Who won Chandler vs Girtz?

Michael Chandler beat Brandon Girtz by submission in the 1st round during the main event of Bellator 197, on Friday 13th April 2018 at The Family Arena in St. Charles.

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 Girtz stats

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

Brandon Girtz made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Michael Chandler's 23rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010.

Michael Chandler's Bellator record stood at 18-5-0, while Brandon Girtz's came in at 8-8-0.

The stats suggested Girtz had an advantage in power over Chandler, with a 20% knock out percentage over Chandler's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Girtz had a massive advantage over Chandler, boasting a 53% submission rate over Chandler's 0%.

Michael Chandler was the younger man by 1 year, at 39 years old.

Chandler had a height advantage of 1 inch over Girtz. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Chandler was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 3 months later than Girtz, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 76 to Girtz's 52.

Chandler vs Girtz form

Michael Chandler had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Justin Gaethje at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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

Activity check

Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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