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Former UFC welterweight Matt Brown recently slammed Chandler’s lackluster run in the promotion. Chandler suffered a lopsided first-round knockout loss against Mauricio Ruffy at UFC White House. Despite being 2-6 in the UFC, Chandler has never fought on a Fight Night outside of a numbered UFC card.
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Brown believes Chandler’s stardom is undeserved based on his UFC career. Brown believes Dana White should cut Chandler from the roster or politely ask him to hang up his gloves. According to Brown, Chandler should try fighting in smaller promotions if he wants to continue competing. However, Brown believes Chandler clearly has no place in the UFC.
A Better Fit Elsewhere
“With Michael Chandler, just his whole UFC run hasn’t been anything to note… He shouldn’t be the star that he is in the UFC,” Chandler told MMAFighting.com. “How are you 2-6 and you’re as big of a star as him… I would not be excited to see him fight again. If I’m Dana White, I either cut him or tell him, ‘Look, you need to retire, bro.’… If he wanted to keep fighting, I think he would probably fit into other organizations. I would like to see him in bare-knuckle, Gamebred MMA stuff. I think there’s fun things for him to do. He is clearly not a UFC-level guy.”
Chandler (23-11) made a statement with a vicious first-round knockout of Dan Hooker in his UFC debut in 2021. However, “Iron” has since managed to defeat only Tony Ferguson while suffering six losses — most of them being lopsided.
Meanwhile, Brown (24-19) holds the record for the fifth-most finishes in UFC history and the second most KO/TKO wins in UFC history. “The Immortal” scored a first-round knockout win over Court McGee in his last UFC outing in 2023 before announcing his retirement in 2024.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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