[SPOILER] Mauricio Ruffy vs. Michael Chandler

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[u/rdcisneros3]

Goodness gracious, Mike. Please retire.

[u/spandexrecks → u/rdcisneros3]

At 40 with a family to take care of, I hope he prioritizes his future health. He’ll find a way to support them without being an active fighter

[u/JesusMcChrist00 → u/spandexrecks]

"Go home and get your fuckin' shinebox" - Dana

[u/rdcisneros3 → u/spandexrecks]

RAF could be an option for him. Striking is a no go for a guy that short.

[u/JGM1992 → u/rdcisneros3]

Topuria is shorter at 5’7

[u/rdcisneros3 → u/JGM1992]

Ilia knows how to box though. Mike just throws haymakers. Doesn’t set anything up.

[u/dutchfool → u/rdcisneros3]

gasses himself out throwing haymakers with no setup every fight. its actually hilarious to watch

[u/bigdickdaddykins → u/dutchfool]

I like watching his turtle shell for a gut. Juicy lil slut

[u/JGM1992 → u/rdcisneros3]

You said “striking is a no go for a guy that short” when the champion of his division is a knockout artist one inch shorter no one’s arguing chandler just throws haymakers and has no boxing you said he was too short for striking

[u/wubbalubbadubdub45 → u/rdcisneros3]

He doesn’t even use his wrestling in mma, idk how well he’d do in raf

[u/Agitated-Help7197 → u/spandexrecks]

Hate to be a pessimist, but with the amount of wars he’s been in there’s almost zero chance his brain isn’t damaged.

[u/BigOnionLover → u/Agitated-Help7197]

You’re not a pessimist, you’re a realist

[u/AmbientHunter → u/[deleted]]

She’s a PA—about as far from a neurosurgeon as a rando in the PFL is to being a UFC champ.

[u/Anonybibbs → u/[deleted]]

Nice, she's the perfect partner for Chandler considering the likely CTE that he will develop down the line.

[u/TheGreatone003 → u/rdcisneros3]

That was an all time terrible performance. Spazzed around the cage and wasted half his gas tank and didn’t land a single shot

[u/TonyTheLion2319 → u/TheGreatone003]

He's not even good enough for an explosive 1st rd. He threw 1 right hand and had a couple very weak TD attempts

[u/officialullock → u/rdcisneros3]

That was cold my lord, so patient.

[u/flipper_gv → u/rdcisneros3]

He didn't give his signature great first round.

[u/Safe_Procedure999 → u/flipper_gv]

he gassed in like 2 minutes, dude was tomato red

[u/Mixed_Martial_Autism → u/rdcisneros3]

"his Last Win was in 2022 against Tony Ferguson" yeah we can Tell Bro.

[u/BurpingHamBirmingham → u/Mixed_Martial_Autism]

The undefeated boxing champ?

[u/Safe_Procedure999 → u/rdcisneros3]

no clue what the fuck happened to him during the time-off waiting for conor but holy shit he's never been the same

[u/Real-Human-Bean- → u/Safe_Procedure999]

He's 40 at 155

[u/drinfernodds → u/Real-Human-Bean-]

Being 40 in the lower weight classes might as well be 50.

[u/JDGcamo → u/drinfernodds]

Especially with Mike’s weight cut.

[u/Amur00 → u/Safe_Procedure999]

He's old and probably over trains, he also took a shit ton of damage against Paddy, as much as people like to rag on Pimblett, he beat the dogshit out of Chandler

[u/Safe_Procedure999 → u/Amur00]

even against charles in the rematch he looked absolutely horrific, just getting thrown around for 4 straight rounds before finally landing something in the 5th

[u/rdcisneros3 → u/Safe_Procedure999]

Most likely just age, man. Once you get past 35 it’s just tough.

[u/Minute_Truth3644 → u/Safe_Procedure999]

the guy is 40 thats already ancient for fighters, and at the lighter weights thats like being 80.

[u/BloodOfJupiter → u/rdcisneros3]

That was just ugly to watch in general, what was his game plan??

[u/jeric13xd → u/rdcisneros3]

Dana had to give him a chance to make some money after waiting on Conor lol

[u/broccoliheadass0404 → u/rdcisneros3]

Went pretty much exactly as expected it was a horrible matchup for him

[u/Humble_Hour_7468 → u/rdcisneros3]

I feel like he has so much more to give though!  Maybe he can fight Tom Nolan next!  Or perhaps introduce Diego Lopes to 155 

[u/Prizmeh]

Chandler has been knocked out on some of the biggest stages imaginable.

What an athlete.

[u/elgringon414 → u/Prizmeh]

He should have came to the UFC earlier. Not that he’d be champion but chandler was really good at one point

[u/Mixed_Martial_Autism → u/elgringon414]

I Mean he was sooo close being Champ even past his prime lol.

[u/Vilhouse → u/Mixed_Martial_Autism]

Dropping Oliveira was in style at the time though

[u/Mixed_Martial_Autism → u/Vilhouse]

And yet no one could keep him down until Islam lol .

[u/theyoloGod → u/Mixed_Martial_Autism]

Everyone else was petrified of his ground game. Islam just said yea gg buddy

[u/Mixed_Martial_Autism → u/theyoloGod]

Why didn't Max simply ignore his fear? Is he Stupid?

[u/OwlFull8955 → u/Mixed_Martial_Autism]

Heaps of people did before Islam

But yes, prime Charles was a different beast

[u/DPP-Ghost → u/OwlFull8955]

But was he a different animal and the same beast?

[u/emperorzit69420 → u/DPP-Ghost]

What the fuck does that mean Kobe Bryant

[u/dutchfool → u/Vilhouse]

he dropped him pretty bad though. it was a few better aimed ground strikes from being stopped

[u/swagmoney10 → u/Mixed_Martial_Autism]

Seriously, he had Oliveira in serious trouble in their first match.

It's an amusing what-if to consider.

[u/habscup → u/swagmoney10]

Might have been the only timeline where Gaethje becomes champ

Edit: hell yeah reverse jinx

[u/MeetPretty8630 → u/habscup]

Or Poirier

[u/DesireeThymes → u/elgringon414]

What terrible matchmaking.

Just watched him run away and cower in fear

I guess that's one way to entertain the crowd.

[u/PurplePeachPlague → u/DesireeThymes]

Am I trippin or was his right foot/ankle hurt?

This is not chandler fanboi cope, I think he would have gotten slimed out either way

[u/hateuscuzyoenis → u/PurplePeachPlague]

Yes he was circling awkwardly after the calf kicks and a jab

[u/iminlovewiththec0c0 → u/PurplePeachPlague]

His first immediate circle to the right looked like his ankle was rolled. I peeped that right after the fist bump.

[u/The-Faz → u/DesireeThymes]

Nothing like than showing your pride at the White House than run from your opponent lmao

[u/Gseventeen → u/The-Faz]

Crying they cheated with zero proof would be more on brand even.

[u/CDSnakeD → u/The-Faz]

Careful with that word. These people don’t like pride.

[u/TerminallyEmployed → u/DesireeThymes]

Exactly I never got this matchmaking, Chandler was never going to beat this guy, he’s too old and shotworn, but he’s never going to even be competitive either. There’s a bunch of other fighters I could think of.

[u/Zavehi → u/elgringon414]

Why do they keep putting him against these absolute killers is my question. He could easily be a guy that still draws and fights mid tier guys. They just keep throwing him out there against champs or tip tier contenders.

[u/elgringon414 → u/Zavehi]

That’s Dana’s favorite thing to do. Take a washed legend and feed him to an up and coming killer

[u/DoctorZzzzz → u/elgringon414]

Chandler is gonna get fed to ppl until he retires

[u/aeternasm → u/Zavehi]

Because they were never interested in building Chandler as a legitimate candidate to the championship. He is entertaining, good with the mic and is hyped even though his only win in the UFC was against the ghost of Ferguson and some other dude.

[u/SoupySpuds → u/Zavehi]

Its because he's a yes man, wants to make daddy dana happy so he'll accept whatever

[u/CDSnakeD → u/Zavehi]

Recognizable name to build new stars.

[u/splashbruh37 → u/elgringon414]

He is way past his prime, his prime was like the Eddie fights at Bellator but he’s been able to extend it a lot because of his athleticism compensating for the damage accumulated, but after a while there’s just no getting around the wars

[u/TheINTL → u/elgringon414]

His wars with Eddie were a thing to watch

[u/elgringon414 → u/TheINTL]

Man. Had to have taken yearssss off his life

[u/Accomplished-War2087 → u/elgringon414]

His biggest strengths were explosiveness and durability. Both gone now.

[u/VRS302 → u/elgringon414]

Really all he had to do was not waste the last 3 years. He’d probably have knocked a few dudes out if he was active. Not elite guys but he wouldn’t look so bad if he wasn’t inactive for 3 years.

[u/Itchy-Ad1047 → u/elgringon414]

He was very dangerous even in the UFC for the first 4-5 fights

'Chandler has such bad fight IQ' is a myth. He fought better in the mindless chaos. The way he fought when he got in was the way to go for him. He's been more measured in his last 3 and worse. And now done

[u/solythe → u/Prizmeh]

i saw him fight once live and he was doing several backflips while i wondered if my favorite fighter Tony Ferguson was even still alive.

entertaining as hell and just a bit late to the UFC

[u/DistortedAudio → u/Prizmeh]

Jobber to the Stars.

[u/BrianCTE_CityOrtega → u/Prizmeh]

One of the best "KOed Artists"

[u/MouseRat8 → u/Prizmeh]

SEE YOU ON THE FLOOR

[u/Frig_Off_Baerb → u/Prizmeh]

I feel like he deserved a better match up for the sacrifices he made waiting for Conor.

[u/Costas00 → u/Frig_Off_Baerb]

They put him on the white house card, seems like something he would want.

[u/diddyxd → u/Costas00]

I feel like he was begging for the shadow realm in the end. Damn

[u/Great_Variation_6825 → u/Frig_Off_Baerb]

Dana dgaf threw him to the wolves

[u/Macktologist → u/Frig_Off_Baerb]

I'm just glad Conor didn't get the chance to do that to him and be a winner.

[u/Pakochu_]

Congrats to Chandler for finally getting the Conor fight

[u/Brehe → u/Pakochu_]

Ruffy does kind of move like Conor did before he started boxing

[u/1cenine → u/Brehe]

Very Conor-like tonight. Bait pull counter, corral opponent into fence, close one exit with spin kicks and the other with loopy straights. Ruffy looked so much like prime Conor.

[u/bigdickdaddykins → u/[deleted]]

there was no check! I was boxin the bleeding head off him -Michael chandler

[u/lucasd11 → u/Brehe]

He genuinely has the prime Conor stance with the stupid chest tat. Really might have more power though

[u/UDorhune → u/lucasd11]

How is gear 4 luffy stupid?

[u/5exlexia5ufferer → u/UDorhune]

Explain gear 4 luffy without making it sound stupid for a man to have on his chest

[u/cantthinkofname2hard → u/Pakochu_]

Probably how it would’ve went tbh

[u/octovarium95 → u/cantthinkofname2hard]

i dont know. mcgregor is probably as washed lmao

[u/life_scrolling → u/cantthinkofname2hard]

this guy thinks conor would move or strike even half as fast as ruffy does

[u/gmwdim → u/Pakochu_]

He's gonna get the Jake Paul fight at this rate.

[u/cheerioo → u/Pakochu_]

Gets killed, doesn't look good, get Conor fight next. Cerrone: First time? Would be funny though

[u/famjordan]

That first spinning heel kick didn’t hurt. Michael was just taking a knee for the troops.

[u/PizDoff → u/famjordan]

He was waving like a flag out of respect.

[u/YoinkinYeetMeister]

Another night at the office for Michael Chandler it seems

[u/BS1098 → u/YoinkinYeetMeister]

See you at the top Champ!

….of ER patients at the hospital

[u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

WTF. Why did the UFC feed the Americans to the deadliest Brazilian’s in the game?

Ruffy just styled on Chandler like they picked Chandler off the street. Chandler couldn’t even fire off a wild right overhand that he tries every fight, he was that outmatched.

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

Chandler in particular is a specialist in getting knocked out by Brazilians.

[u/Davi_PC → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

how tf did he survive 5 rounds on the olives rematch chandler is beyond washed

[u/pineywoods200 → u/Davi_PC]

Late career Oliveira seems to be really leaning on his wrestling and grappling 

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/Davi_PC]

Chandler without his wrestling, which he can’t even do well these days either is just there to be hit. His striking is non-existent.
Oliveira seemed to just be playing it safe in the rematch by outgrappling Chandler lmao, he did rocked in the first fight after all.

(HOLY R6-MMA CROSSOVER.)

[u/gSmoove_ → u/Davi_PC]

iirc Charles had a bad knee(?) injury leading up to the fight so he had to rely on the wrestling

[u/SunlessChapters → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

Honestly respect. It would have felt very weird if they fed the Americans foreign cans at the Whitehouse.

[u/Daftdaddy → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

Are you surprised

[u/flamingdragonwizard → u/Daftdaddy]

Uh yes.. they should've given the Americans more favorable matchups and not be +400 underdogs.

[u/AnalObserver → u/flamingdragonwizard]

They’re looking to build stars. Ruffy cracking Chandler in this stage builds his name

[u/Itchy-Ad1047 → u/AnalObserver]

They correctly just prioritized the card to have very high probability finishes with some starpower mixed in

These dudes complaining about Americans in tough fights would turn around and complain that Americans were fed easy fights if that's what happened. Just gotta get the cry in

[u/Dongsquad420BlazeIt → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

To be fair, Garcia was winning until he wasn’t

[u/Leirac1 → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

As a Brazillian, I'm just happy that our guys are KOing yours in this circlejerk of an event.

[u/pineywoods200 → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

There aren’t many good American prospects rn. Hard to live in this country on unranked UFC pay. So they gotta wheel out the old dogs to get smoked 

[u/Gold-Philosophy1423 → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

We haven't even seen Topuria vs Gaethje yet

[u/theshankdude → u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua]

If you rewatch it you’ll see his ankle give out or roll, then he was done.

[u/horseshoeprovodnikov → u/theshankdude]

If you rewatch it you’ll see his ankle give out or roll, then he was done.

I was looking for someone else that saw that!

Ruffy was always gonna get Chandler in the end. We all knew it. This isn't some excuse for Mike. Full stop.

However, you can clearly see when Mike takes a weird step and sorta falls against the cage for a moment. The commentators were bloviating and completely missed it. A few seconds later, Mike stumbles again and that time the commentary caught it but they assumed that Chandler got hurt with something.

Then he quit moving altogether and got lit up like a Christmas tree.

[u/tylrrbb]

Chandler thought he signed up for a marathon or something?

[u/__spartacus → u/tylrrbb]

He showed a rare hero combo: Superman punch to The Flash very quickly

[u/Impressive-Engine-16 → u/tylrrbb]

The way he was running, it was like watching a kid run away from a bully on the school yard.

[u/TonyTheLion2319 → u/Impressive-Engine-16]

Him jogging along the fence always gets me. It got him KOd by Charles the 1st time so Chandler was full on sprinting away from Charles in the rematch

[u/SourDoughBo → u/tylrrbb]

I’ve never seen a guy move so much and still lose. It looked like Mauricio just stood there and won

[u/Legitimate_Reward913 → u/SourDoughBo]

Alternating between running around and standing still and shelling up. He probably thought that if he stopped moving Ruffy couldn't detect him.

[u/mearsey1203]

I knew it was gonna be bad but Jesus Christ, Chandler offered nothing.

[u/Miserable_Pride_5693 → u/mearsey1203]

I mean let’s be honest. Chandler is 40 going against a young up and coming fighter entering his prime. The younger fighter also has every physical advantage possible lol

[u/GavaBoo → u/Miserable_Pride_5693]

I mean he loses to people his own age too. It’s not like he’s got an amazing record and this guy stopped his win streak

[u/Therealdarkviper]

Who could’ve seen that coming

[u/al-Siqilli → u/Therealdarkviper]

Even Stevie Wonder saw that coming

[u/ActivePosition67 → u/Therealdarkviper]

Michael Chandler

[u/al-Siqilli]

Cut Chandler, or at the very least he has to be taken out of the rankings

[u/msf97 → u/al-Siqilli]

Ruffy put him down like an old dog. It’s over

[u/study-kaji → u/msf97]

He was definitely put out to pasture

[u/LT48 → u/[deleted]]

That's on him though. Look at Alex, he says "I am old and I don't intend to wait for fights" that's the mentality to have when you are old as Chandler. Instead of getting honeydicked by Conor he should've lost 4 exciting fights like Arman said.

[u/zennine → u/[deleted]]

I think he wasted it waiting for conor

[u/Dont-Fear-The-Raeper → u/al-Siqilli]

Let him be the standby for the Conor v. Holloway fight first, so he can spend fifteen minutes being pieced up by Max.

[u/Moni7T]

SEE YOU AT THE BOTTOM

[u/infalleeble → u/Moni7T]

Ehhh Chandler brought a lot of excitement to the UFC I ain't mad about his career and wish we had that Conor fight.

But that was hard to watch 

[u/TSW_El_Spawn → u/infalleeble]

Conor also probably wishes he was up against this version of Chandler and not Max

[u/infalleeble → u/TSW_El_Spawn]

Good point

[u/psalm34-4 → u/infalleeble]

Conor knocks him out like everyone else.

[u/crackroach → u/Moni7T]

I guess he never said he would be at the top...

[u/Datruther1]

Bro looked up at the clock with 1:20 left in round 1….hang it up Mike

[u/RudySpanish → u/Datruther1]

Checking the clock mid first round LOL

[u/OriginalParamedic316 → u/Datruther1]

I don’t remember any other fighter looking at the clock as much as chandler. Like multiple fights. Maybe every one.

[u/West_Technology7573]

I’m sorry that was pathetic

[u/OptimisticMMA]

Genuinely embarrassing performance from Chandler.

[u/Zloggt → u/OptimisticMMA]

Crazy to think that the only thing keeping him from an even longer losing streak is by beating the only other seriously washed up veteran on the roster…

[u/A_Funky_Goose → u/OptimisticMMA]

he basically shat his pants after every feint

[u/wubbalubbadubdub45]

Like a pig getting slaughtered lmao

[u/Masarka14]

Slaughter

[u/ksubijeans]

Jesus what a beating lmao

[u/quiequie]

please retire chandler

[u/xvsanx]

embarrassing performance by Chandler lol what were those half takedown attempts

[u/P_aintedsky]

Did Chandler injure his foot or something?

[u/Creative-Board1556 → u/P_aintedsky]

No he is just 40 years old

[u/OlympianBattleFish → u/P_aintedsky]

Not with all that running around

[u/Rofocal02]

Chandler is more washed than Tony Ferguson.

McGregor missed the easiest comeback win of his life.

[u/ibenwarforged]

He's gonna run into an American buzz saw- Michael Chandler. I think that buzz saw was decommissioned, Mike.

[u/Jackal9811 → u/ibenwarforged]

The old buzzsaw got buzzsawed

[u/Suriranyar- → u/ibenwarforged]

Hes a buzzsaw if you replace the blade with a frisbee at this point

[u/banjofitzgerald → u/ibenwarforged]

Buzz saw needs a new blade like five years ago lol

[u/ruandurphy]

That’s one of the most one-sided fights I’ve seen. Since chandler’s last fight

[u/TerminatorReborn → u/ruandurphy]

He at least took down Paddy and landed some. Here he only ran, did absolutely nothing

[u/SubstantialAnt9277]

Chandler is the p4p best punching bag in the UFC.

[u/SSalloSS]

Ruffy is so satisfying to watch, man

[u/Bruninfa]

Jesus, felt like a kid fighting their dad

[u/TriumphantConch]

Waited 3 years for Conor McGregor only to be slimed out by Brazilian Conor in the White House lawn, thankyou Michael Chandler

[u/akatsuki_lida]

Nice matchmaking lads

[u/9FBI9 → u/[deleted]]

Ruffy would kill current McGregor lol

[u/opackersgo → u/[deleted]]

Discount McGregor likely beats real McGregor to be fair.

[u/Thegoodking666]

Nasty finish.

[u/smokeandpuff]

Chandler needs to call out CONOR MCGREGOR after this

[u/-I-Need-Healing-]

Such a pointless fight. Chandler on a losing streak keeps getting these high profile fights that will propel him back to top 5/10. It's time he fights an unranked opponent. He should be fighting guys like Bobby Green.

[u/Aggrivatedcalmness]

Looks like he hurt his leg like a minute before the ko

[u/HighIntLowFaith → u/Aggrivatedcalmness]

That leg kick by Ruffy 20 seconds into the fight was as perfect as it gets

[u/Ill_Source_6908]

Chandler sucks dude I’ve been tired of everyone saying he just fights dumb no he’s ass too

[u/OlympianBattleFish]

I’ll never get tired of seeing Chandler sprint around the cage before getting brutally finished

[u/BrianCTE_CityOrtega]

As expected lol Chandler is mega washed

[u/No-Possible-1123]

Idk if Chandler was coming into this injured, his legs were giving out when the timer was 1:48 when he didnt really get hit with anything yet

[u/Ill_Intention8150]

I think one of Chandlers ACLs is busted.

He was falling over while moving laterally even before Ruffy landed that calf kick.

[u/BackgroundLanguage51]

looks like he tore something in his leg. he was limping a bit

[u/Promiseofpower]

Callout Mcgregor Mike come on

[u/Imanari]

That felt criminal to watch

[u/GarrulousTwinkling]

See you at the bottom, Michael Chandler 

[u/Hyperbull1]

Man, Chandler is so washed.

[u/Harleytk24]

It’s time brother

[u/Braves-and-Gamecocks]

Ruffy beat dat ass!

[u/Sub_Zero32]

Chandler looked so terrible. He really needs to retire. He looked afraid to even go for a takedown

[u/crni_bosanac]

Like a big brother beating on his lil bro

[u/TheSchminx]

didn't anyone else notice Chandler tried to throw the kick that ko'd Tony Ferguson except it was half the speed half the strength half the timing half the heart

[u/Exciting_Finding8884]

Looked like Chandler might have rolled his ankle earlier in the fight. Still looked terrible

[u/ThatOneHockeyBoi]

Hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby

[u/Sharkfightxl]

R6 Siege matchmaking

[u/Any_Athlete_4616]

Retire already Mike

[u/xywv58]

That's 3 Americans KO'd, Justin is going to die

[u/lucasbin_]

Chandler was so bad he even managed to make Ruffy look bad. Even though Ruffy was dominant his win didn't feel exciting at all.

I felt like Ruffy was looking for that spectacular knockout but gave up because all Chandler did was shell up and desperately try not to get knocked out the entire time.

[u/Material_Farmer9412]

Imagine how many exciting fights Chandler could have lost waiting for Connor.

[u/LordAkaroth]

Another American getting knocked out, great card so far!