Oliveira vs Chandler

Who won Oliveira vs Chandler?

Charles Oliveira beat Michael Chandler by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC 262, on Saturday 15th May 2021 at Toyota Center in Houston.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

This contest was for the vacant UFC Lightweight championship.

Oliveira vs Chandler stats

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

Michael Chandler made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Charles Oliveira's 34th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Michael Chandler marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Charles Oliveira's UFC record stood at 23-10-0, while Michael Chandler's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested that Oliveira and Chandler have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Oliveira and Chandler would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Charles Oliveira was the younger man by 4 years, at 35 years old.

Oliveira had a height advantage of 2 inches over Chandler. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Oliveira was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Chandler, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 84 to Chandler's 76.

Oliveira vs Chandler form

Oliveira had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 opponents and going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dustin Poirier at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Michael Chandler 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 defeated Tony Ferguson at UFC 256 on 12th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Kevin Lee at UFC on ESPN+ 28 on 14th March 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at Ginásio Nilson Nelson, Brasilia, Brazil.

He had won against Jared Gordon at UFC on ESPN+ 22 on 16th November 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Ibirapuera Gymnasium, Sao Paulo.

Activity check

Oliveira's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Chandler's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 5 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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