Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , Videos When word spread that Eddie Alvarez was out and Will Brooks was in against Michael Chandler at Bellator 120, the response from much of the MMA community was, who? He might have reeled off three consecutive victories to win the Bellator lightweight tournament, but he was far from a household name. Maybe that’s why people didn’t expect much from him in that interim lightweight title fight. Maybe, Brooks realized later, one of those people was Chandler himself, who Brooks suspects might have overlooked him prior to losing to him via split decision. “It felt good, because I felt like I was able to let everybody know you can’t overlook people in this sport,” Brooks said. “Any day at any time, any given week, anybody can show up and just show out.
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Did Chandler overlook Brooks in their first fight? The interim champ thinks so – MMA Junkie