Looking back on his loss this past May to Will Brooks for the Bellator interim 155-pound championship, former titleholder Michael Chandler agrees the fight was close, but he did enough in the bout’s final round to earn himself a win rather than a split decision loss. “I think the first four rounds are very clear. I won first two no matter what; he won the second two no matter what; but the fifth round I cannot see how in the last two minutes of the round I drop him with a punch and then rain down six or eight punches to his face, flat on his back, and get close to locking on a submission and end up in full mount and not steal the round,” Chandler told MMAWeekly.com. “I’m not saying I was the most dominant or it looked pretty, but in a sport where guys come on strong at the end of the round and steal rounds, I don’t see in a million years how I could lose that round.” Chandler does admit that things were not right heading into the bout with Brooks, and that when the two meet again on Saturday night in San Diego, he will be better prepared.
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