Chelsea Chandler

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Loses after weight miss
BantamweightUFC
August 10, 2024
Chandler lost to Yana Santos via unanimous decision (27-30, 28-29, 28-29) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
The events of the past 36 hours could easily result in Chandler being handed her walking papers. First, she missed weight by a whopping five pounds Friday morning and then went out and dropped a lopsided unanimous to a 34-year-old that entered having lost three straight fights. Chandler is tough and durable, and is at her best when she can get in tight in an attempt to grapple, but those moments have been few and far between during her UFC run despite the fact she has a 2-2 record with the company. There's virtually no upside here.
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Misses weight by five pounds
BantamweightUFC
August 9, 2024
Chandler missed weight by five pounds ahead of her scheduled fight with Yana Santos on Saturday, per MMAJunkie.com.
ANALYSIS
At five pounds over the women's bantamweight limit, Chandler is significantly over the limit. Checking in at 141 pounds, Chandler will now need to reach some sort of agreement with Santos or their bout won't proceed as scheduled.
New fight scheduled
BantamweightUFC
June 21, 2024
Chandler is set to compete against Yana Santos on August 10 in Las Vegas, Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl reports.
ANALYSIS
Chandler is set to fight Santos at bantamweight at the UFC Apex. Chandler will look to win her second straight contest after defeating Josiane Nunes via unanimous decision in March of 2024.
Picks up win after weight miss
BantamweightUFC
March 16, 2024
Chandler defeated Josiane Nunes via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
Chandler becomes the second fighter this evening to pick up a victory despite missing weight the day prior. Chelsea only missed by a pound, but was forced to forfeit 20 percent of her purse to Nunes in the process. Chandler is from Stockton, California, home of the Diaz brothers, and fights a lot like Nick and Nate. She's big and strong for the division and tries to overwhelm her opponent with physicality. For a good portion of this fight, it worked, although no one would have batted an eye if Nunes earned this decision. A long-time member of the Invicta roster, Chandler has alternated wins and losses in her first three UFC bouts.
Next fight scheduled
BantamweightUFC
January 23, 2024
Chandler is scheduled to compete against Josiane Nunes in a bantamweight fight at the UFC's Vegas event on March 16, per Damon Martin of MMAFighting.com.
ANALYSIS
Chandler will look to get back on track in 2024. She began and ended her 2022 with a TKO to Julija Stoliarenko. However, Chandler lost her lone 2023 fight against Norma Dumont. While Nunes has not fought since 2022, she provides a bevy of winning and cage experience Chandler has not matched just yet.
Suffers first UFC defeat
BantamweightUFC
July 15, 2023
Chandler lost to Norma Dumont via unanimous decision (27-30, 27-30, 27-30) at UFC on ESPN 49 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
A five-fight veteran of Invicta, Chandler made her UFC debut this past October and knocked out Julija Stoliarenko in just over four minutes. She found life much more difficult here against a better opponent in Dumont. Chandler got blitzed with a combination right off the hop and actually turned and ran away to the opposite corner of the Octagon in order to remain upright. It looked ridiculous in real time, but it may have very well kept her in the fight. Chandler landed a couple big shots the rest of the way, but Dumont was able to drag her to the mat whenever the former seemed to be regaining some momentum. 29 years of age and with all of seven pro fights under her belt, Chandler's upside is extremely limited.