You Have To Believe That You Deserve Great Things

Michael currently competes in the UFC lightweight division. In 2009 he competed in his first MMA fight, won by first round TKO and hasn’t looked back since. Winning multiple world titles has kept Michael a perennial top 10 lightweight in the world rankings. He has been involved in some of the most action packed fights in Mixed Martial Arts history being nominated for “Fight Of The Year” three different times. In 2020, he signed with the UFC and made his debut at UFC 257, winning via first-round TKO over Dan Hooker.

Michael currently resides in Nashville, TN where he and his wife Brie live life on-the-go as they juggle both of their careers, parenthood and running their gym TRAINING CAMP – Nashville. Michael and Brie adopted their son Hap October 26th, 2017.

FIGHTER: “IRON” Michael Chandler

DOB: 04/24/1986

Age: 35

Height: 5′ 9″

Weight class: Lightweight(155lbs)

Pro record: 23-5

KO/TKO: 11

Submission: 7

Decision: 5

Nearly 80% finishing rate

2011, 2013 and 2016

Fight Of The Year nominations

Most wins in

Bellator history

Most submission wins in

Bellator lightweight history

Most knockout wins in

Bellator lightweight history

3 Time Bellator

Lightweight champion

Ranked top 10

in the world

More than half of success is just
believing that you deserve to be
successful . . . and we ALL do.