Michael Chandler
“Iron”
Michael Chandler is ranked 24th of 506 lightweights by the First Light Rating.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,97524th of 506 · Lightweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.69Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- DecliningCareer-best FLR 2,096, 7 May 2022
- Record
- 23–11Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Mauricio RuffyUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Spinning Wheel Kick and Punches), R1 | −42 |
| 12 Apr 2025 | Lost to Paddy PimblettUFC 314 - Volkanovski vs. Lopes · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R3 | −28 |
| 16 Nov 2024 | Lost to Charles OliveiraUFC 309 - Jones vs. Miocic · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −38 |
| 12 Nov 2022 | Lost to Dustin PoirierUFC 281 - Adesanya vs. Pereira · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | −8 |
| 7 May 2022 | Won vs Tony FergusonUFC 274 - Oliveira vs. Gaethje · KO (Front Kick), R2 | +17 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Lost to Justin GaethjeUFC 268 - Usman vs. Covington 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −15 |
| 15 May 2021 | Lost to Charles Oliveira TitleUFC 262 - Oliveira vs. Chandler · TKO (Punches), R2 | +1 |
| 23 Jan 2021 | Won vs Dan HookerUFC 257 - Poirier vs. McGregor 2 · TKO (Punches), R1 | +14 |
| 7 Aug 2020 | Won vs Benson HendersonBellator 243 - Chandler vs. Henderson 2 · KO (Punches), R1 | +28 |
| 29 Dec 2019 | Won vs Sidney OutlawBellator 237 - Fedor vs. Rampage · KO (Punches), R1 | +18 |
| 11 May 2019 | Lost to Patricio FreireBellator 221 - Chandler vs. Pitbull · TKO (Punches), R1 | −23 |
| 14 Dec 2018 | Won vs Brent PrimusBellator 212 - Primus vs. Chandler 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +18 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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