Chandler vs Primus

Who won Chandler vs Primus?

Michael Chandler beat Brent Primus by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of Bellator 212, on Friday 14th December 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Michael Chandler.

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 Bellator Lightweight championship.

Chandler vs Primus stats

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

Brent Primus made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Michael Chandler's 23rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Brent Primus marked his 14th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Michael Chandler's Bellator record stood at 18-5-0, while Brent Primus' came in at 10-3-0.

The stats suggested Primus had a large advantage in power over Chandler, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Chandler's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Primus had a massive advantage over Chandler, boasting a 50% submission rate over Chandler's 0%.

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

Primus had a height advantage of 2 inches over Chandler. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Chandler was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 1 month earlier than Primus, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 25 more professional rounds, 76 to Primus' 51.

Chandler vs Primus form

Chandler had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Sidney Outlaw at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had lost to 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Brent Primus at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had defeated Brandon Girtz at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

He was victorious against Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 192 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Great Wester Forum, Inglewood.

Brent Primus had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Mansour Barnaoui at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Alexander Shabliy at Bellator 282 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Benson Henderson at Bellator 266 on 16th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Footprint Center, Phoenix.

Before that, he had been defeated by Islam Mamedov at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

He had defeated Chris Bungard at Bellator 240 on 22nd February 2020 by submission in the 1st round at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Michael Chandler had last fought 5 years, 5 months and 2 days ago, while Brent Primus' last outing had been 2 years and 18 days ago.

Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Primus' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

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