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 choice (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 towards critics of efficiency towards Charles Oliveira
“I’m not very completely satisfied about it, however that’s all a part of it… I’m not going to say I didn’t do something incorrect, okay?” Michael Chandler instructed 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 beneath a nice tooth comb and a magnifying glass.
“However the unified guidelines of combined martial arts say that there’s a line drawn from the crown of the pinnacle all the way down to the again of the pinnacle, one-inch variance on both facet,” Michael Chandler defined. So that you’re speaking a few two-inch space on the again of somebody’s head that’s thought-about the again of the pinnacle. If you happen to watch 90 per cent of the photographs, not less than, most of them, virtually all of them, my fist was catching the ear. If you happen to’re catching the ear, that’s not the again of the pinnacle. Really, what you and I might name the again of the pinnacle is just not 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 obtained no warning from the official for his strikes to Oliveira — regardless of the scrutiny surrounding them.
“A referee who was inside two ft away by no means stated one factor about it. You then’ve received commentators who have been 35-feet away saying it’s the again of the pinnacle and also you’ve received different individuals saying it was again of the pinnacle.”
