Thanks to the speedy victory over Dan Hooker at UFC 262, the former Lightweight champion of Bellator Michael Chandler was promoted to the belt ticket in UFC even though it was only 1 victory in this tournament. Initially, the UFC Organizing Committee wanted Dustin Poirier to receive this opportunity, but this Poirier wanted to rematch the third time with Conor McGregor.
Confronted with a black belt magician Jiu-Jitsu like Oliveira, Michael Chandler highly appreciated the opponent's locking level. But, Chandler believed that he himself would not be threatened by these attacks.
“Oliveira is quite dangerous in the battlefield, but I will definitely not be tightened,” Chandler said on TMZ.
“I have the sixth sense in the field of Grappling. I will take advantage of it to the maximum. The best tactics now I have to launch strong punches when both of them are changing the blow.
“If I could not defeat Oliveira immediately, I would last until the second half or the third half. Oliveira will become slow after I constantly put pressure. I can constantly attack for 25 minutes.”
In fact, throughout the career of competition with 22 wins and 5 losses in the professional MMA arena, Chandler has never loses by the Submission lock. He is known as a slightly specialized striking wrestler in MMA competition. With the level of NCAA Division I Qualifier, Chandler can completely control the situation when the game entered the battlefield.