Biography
The American MMA Fighter Michael Chandler has a lot of victories, and for the incremental will and hard blow got the iron nickname. The athlete performs in a lightweight weight and spent most of the career in Bellator, but since the autumn of 2020 signed a contract with UFC, where it is now competing the strongest fighters of the planet.Childhood and youth
Michael was born on April 24, 1986 in the town of High Ridge, Missouri. He became a second child of four in the family of Michael and Betty Chandler. Discipline, purposefulness and sports talent began to bring the first fruits in childhood. Michael's schoolboy was also among the best football and Greco-Roman wrestling. He even had to choose between two disciplines, and he stopped at the latter.
After graduating from school, the guy refused the sports scholarship, which he was offered little-known colleges, and independently entered the University of Missuria, where most of the time did not conduct textbooks, but in competitions to combat. No wonder Chandler represented the university team and even her captain. In the student years, the American received one title after another, and Victory was tired of counting, by 2009 reaching the All-American status in the first NCAA Division.
Having received a diploma of a personal financial management specialist, Michael never worked for profession. The main business of life was the sport. After graduating from the wrestling career, Chandler switched to mixed martial arts, and he passed the stage of lovers, immediately broke into the MMMA professionals.
Mixed martial arts
The Biography of Chandler in MMA began in 2009 with speeches within the framework of Xtreme Couture and StrikeForce. Having won 3 convincing victories in the first fights, the American signed a contract with Bellator, where he became a star in lightweight (with a height of 173 cm Michael weighs 70 kg). For 10 years of speeches in the promotion repeatedly became Champion Bellator.He first won the title on November 19, 2011 by defeating Eddie Alvares who suffer. He also gave way to the belt 2 years later, losing a 5-round fight by a separate decision of the judges. However, after that, Chandler more than once became the strongest in lightweight, winning the title fights at Benson Henderson and Brent Primus. Fighting statistics in Bellator has 18 victories against 5 defeats. Under the curtain of speeches in Promotion Michael defeated Sydney Sydney and Benson Henderson.
Personal life
Chandler proudly represents the world's beloved wife Brie Willett, which he considers the most perfect person from everyone who knows. Supporting, loving and wise spouse inspires an athlete to new achievements. They corresponded 2 years before the girl agreed to the first meeting.
Michael is already falling in love already, and Bree, a medical college student, was absorbed by studying in the redeference and practice in emergency hospital. In addition, the girl worked with orphans as a volunteer, and she almost did not have time for a personal life. However, after the first meeting, the novel began, which ended with a wedding.
Young people got married in September 2014, and 4 years later carried out a dream - adopted the child. The procedure occupied the year, but the pair was patiently waiting for a black boy, from which a 17-year-old mother refused, will finally appear in their family. Son called Hep Whitaker, and he celebrates his birthday on January 23. Michael proudly hosts a photo of a child and spouse on the Instagram page.
Michael Chandler now
On September 17, 2020, Chandler announced the signing of a contract with UFC. He admitted that from the point of view of Finance it was not the most profitable decision, but in terms of competition - optimal. Michael too often was guided by the size of the fee when making career solutions, but now decided to choose another principle.Chandler does not doubt the entertainment of the upcoming fights, because it believes that light weight has become the most fascinating division in UFC. To a large extent, this happened thanks to Habiba Nurmagomedov, who put the MMA record, spending a series of 29 fights without defeat. An American dreamed to fight against the Russian and was even stated as a reservist before the title match between Nurmagomedov and Justin Geyji on October 24, 2020 at the UFC 254 tournament, but the Chandler and Russian meeting did not take place in octave.
To the big disappointment of Michael Habib in an interview after the battle announced the completion of the career. In addition, there was a correspondence blot between the fighters. It began with the fact that the American refused to go against the countryman Nurmagomedov, Dagestanz Islam Mahachev, accompanied the refusal of a disrespectful comment in the spirit: "And who is this?". Habib considered Chandler's behavior of arrogant, because it is confident that he can not know the Russian who spent a series of 6 victories in UFC.
Nurmagomedov said that he was not going to return to octave for Chandler and did not see the opponent in him at all. Michael also knew to firm journalists, which is ready to fight Habib and confident in his own victory. His keenness gave confidence the first victory in the duel UFC 257, held against Australian Dan Hooker. The battle took place in Abu Dhabi January 24, 2021, lasted 2.5 minutes, after which Daniel Huccher was defeated by technical knockout.
Achievements
- 2011 - breakthrough of the year according to the portal SERDOG
- 2011-2013, 2016, 2018 - Champion Bellator in lightweight weight
- 2016 - Knockout of the month (against Patricks Freir)
- The greatest number of victories in Bellator MMA surrender in light weight (6)
- Together with David Ricels the greatest number of battles in the history of Bellator MMA (23)
- Together with Patricia Freiri the greatest number of victories in the history of Bellator MMA (18)