Regardless of mounting criticizm following his UFC 309 loss, Michael Chandler has denied claims he hit Charles Oliveira with quite a few unlawful rabbit punches throughout a fifth spherical scamble of their co-headliner at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Chandler, who retains the quantity seven rank on the light-weight restrict, co-headlined UFC 309 earlier this month in New York, taking over former undisputed champion and two-time foe, Oliveira over the course of 5 rounds in a high-stakes title eliminator rematch.
And dropping an eventual unanimous determination (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) loss to the Sao Paulo veteran, Chandler drew criticizm from pundits and followers alike — after showing to land quite a few punches to the again of his opponent’s head — to which he has vehemently denied.
Michael Chandler defends in opposition to critics of efficiency in opposition to Charles Oliveira
“I’m not very happy about it, but that’s all part of it… I’m not going to say I didn’t do anything wrong, okay?” Michael Chandler advised Ariel Helwani for Uncrowned. “I’m not going to say that individuals couldn’t have a look at it and splice it and have a look at it underneath a effective tooth comb and a magnifying glass.
“But the unified rules of mixed martial arts say that there is a line drawn from the crown of the head down to the back of the head, one-inch variance on either side,” Michael Chandler defined. So that you’re speaking a few two-inch space on the again of somebody’s head that’s thought of the again of the pinnacle. For those who watch 90 per cent of the pictures, a minimum of, most of them, virtually all of them, my fist was catching the ear. For those who’re catching the ear, that’s not the again of the pinnacle. Really, what you and I might name the again of the pinnacle shouldn’t be the precise definition of what it’s.
And joking following the pairing how he technically tapped out to the Brazilian within the ultimate levels of the rematch in an embrace — just for referee, Keith Peterson to let it go unnoticed, Chandler claimed he acquired no warning from the official for his strikes to Oliveira — regardless of the scrutiny surrounding them.
“A referee who was within two feet away never said one thing about it. Then you’ve got commentators who were 35-feet away saying it’s the back of the head and you’ve got other people saying it was back of the head.”
