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Michael Chandler
“Iron”
Lightweight
United StatesUFC4-fight losing streak
United StatesUFC4-fight losing streakGet an email when Michael is booked
23WINS
11LOSSES
0DRAWS
11KO/TKO
7SUB
5DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 40 · born Apr 24, 1986 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′8″ 173 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 71.5″ 182 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 37.5″ 95 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Wrestler UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Kill Cliff FC UFC.com
- Born
- High Ridge, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- United States UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jan. 23, 2021 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 13 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
49%Striking accuracy437⚑ of 883⚑ landed
3%Takedown accuracy1⚑ of 37⚑ landed
3.91Sig. strikes landedper min
4.51Sig. strikes absorbedper min
44%Striking defense
1.88Takedownsper 15 min
62%Takedown defense
0.54Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.4Knockdownsper 15 min
09:14Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 8 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Mauricio Ruffy | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 14, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Paddy Pimblett | KO/TKO | 3 | Apr 12, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Charles Oliveira | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 16, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Dustin Poirier | Submission | 3 | Nov 12, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Tony Ferguson | KO/TKO | 2 | May 7, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Justin Gaethje | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 6, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Charles Oliveira | KO/TKO | 2 | May 15, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Dan Hooker | KO/TKO | 1 | Jan 23, 2021 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.