Chandler vs Yamauchi

Who won Chandler vs Yamauchi?

Michael Chandler beat Goiti Yamauchi by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of Bellator 192, on Saturday 20th January 2018 at Great Wester Forum in Inglewood.

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

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 Yamauchi stats

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

Goiti Yamauchi made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 18 by submission.

This was Michael Chandler's 23rd fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2010. Goiti Yamauchi marked his 19th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2013.

Michael Chandler's Bellator record stood at 18-5-0, while Goiti Yamauchi's came in at 14-5-0.

The stats suggested Yamauchi had a slight advantage in power over Chandler, with a 5% knock out percentage over Chandler's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Yamauchi had a massive advantage over Chandler, boasting a 82% submission rate over Chandler's 0%.

Michael Chandler was the older man by 7 years, at 39 years old.

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

Chandler was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 25 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months earlier than Yamauchi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 76 to Yamauchi's 63.

Chandler vs Yamauchi form

Yamauchi had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Neiman Gracie at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Michael Page at Bellator 292 on 10th March 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Neiman Gracie at Bellator 284 on 12th August 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

Before that, he had defeated Levan Chokheli at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

He was victorious against Chris Gonzalez at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Chandler's last 4 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 9 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

Yamauchi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 3 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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