Michael Chandler says it is impossible for Charles Oliveira to submit him on the ground
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Michael Chandler made a huge impact on his UFC debut when he knocked out the top lightweight Dan Hooker in the very first round at UFC 257, and he seemed to be in the right place at the right time because of this performance came right after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement.
The number 1 title contender Charles Oliveira was offered a fight against Dustin Poirier for the title fight, but Dustin passed on the fight to have a trilogy match with Conor McGregor.
Now Oliveira is booked to face Michael Chandler for the lightweight title at UFC 262, and Chandler has some strong predictions for the fight. In an interview with TMZ Sports, he said,
“Charles Oliveira poses a lot of threats on the ground, but I’ve never even come close to getting submitted. I’ve got kind of a sixth sense when it comes to the ground game to not be submitted. The best way I would like to go out there and finish him is just to hit him as hard as I can numerous times on the feet. Keep the fight standing, put him in panic mode, knock him out in the first round.”
“He’s a guy who starts to slow down, especially once you start putting the pressure on him,” Michael Chandler predicts the outcome of Charles Oliveira fight
In the same interview, he added, “If not the first round, dig a little deeper and go into the second, go into the third. He’s a guy who starts to slow down, especially once you start putting the pressure on him. I’m very good at keeping my foot on the gas for 25 minutes, I’ve done it a dozen times now.”
“So, man, go out there and knock him out in the first or second round, get my hand raised in front of a huge Houston crowd on May 15th, collect my pay check, kiss my wife, and figure out what’s next.”
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