Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez 2 Full Fight - MMA Fighter

for the B our lightweight Championship the woman I want you protect yourself at all times obey my commands at all times if you want to touch the gloves touch them now step back good luck to both of you good luck good Jimmy how about your Fighter's Edge oh striking I'm going equal Eddie a little more versatile Michael Chandler a little bit faster submissions Eddie Alvarez the more polished Jiu-Jitsu wrestling that's no contest Michael Chandler gas tank Michael Chandler came out that fourth round and blew Eddie way great gas to xfactor he won the first time he might have the mental Edge xor goes to Michael Chandler you ready that is what it's at stake bellator's lightweight World title round number one tonight's fight clock has brought you by Miller Light the official beer of Bellator it's not just a great time it's Miller time right side alz in the red trunks the champion Chandler in the white trunks think about Chandler likes to keep his hands low and rely on his speed that might be a mistake against [Music] Eddie your watch your side to side movement from Alvarez swing and a miss then the slip by Chandler Alvarez didn't pounce that's one thing that's always impressed me about Eddie is his footwork not a lot of guys in MMA have that boxing angling footwork Eddie Alvarez does right hand Lance from Alvarez so Chandler trying to establish the jab right hand high right hand High's Chandler coming forward the one advice I would given Eddie Alvarez in the first round with his coaches move move move head movement foot movement don't stand in front of this kid like you did the beginning of the last fight make him Miss frustrated make him [Music] pay Alvarez looking very loose on his feet now looking for the single leg doing well to defend gets the separation in Eddie Alvarez's Corner Kenny Monday US Olympic gold medalist outstanding wrestling you know he's been working on his takedown and taked down defense stiff left jab by Alvarez already an abrasion under Chandler's right eye good right hand by Alvarez Eddie loves that punch that lead right hand Alvarez just waving Chandler in Chandler yet to find the Striking timing you tell what Eddie wants to do frustrate the kid angle move make him Miss make him frustrated he may be naturally faster he may have picked up a lot of boxing but Eddie Alvarez just more experienced good right hand by Chandler swinging hard as he into the pocket Jimmy above the waistline from Chandler walking forward cam left from Alvarez good right hand looking for the single leg buts back to their feet with 45 remaining round number one scheduled for five this for the Bellator lightweight World [Music] Title One Thing Eddie's going to have to do is Counter Strike effectively catch Alvarez when he misses when he makes mistakes make him pay make him back off cuz right now he's certainly the aggressor in this fight isn't Landing effectively yet but he's certainly pushing the pace good strategy against somebody like that is land some good counter strikes make him respect you J missing badly with that lead left hook still he comes forward alvare is a lot of lateral movement Jimmy kick nice Jab kick caught Chandler pounces to get one hook in big Tak down Chand now has his right hook in I can't see how deep it is from here it's deep tight on the rear naked choke Chandler looking to finish 28 seconds to go can he find it in his time no great submission defense from Alvarez as he powers out what a look of grit determination on the face of Eddie Alvarez John McCarthy recognized The Accidental headbutt quick separation right back to it Chandler right back to it driving in slip by Chandler Here Comes round [Applause] two beautiful you see the right hand Miss and Chandler answering back but here at the end of the round almost finished the fight look at this beautiful dump and then only one hook in trying to finish that re naked look at the the look on Eddie Alvarez's face that was tight even without the hip pressure even without the hooks in he almost finished that fight J in your scor card round one very close first round I went 10 n Chandler Eddie was Landing good effective counter strikes at the beginning of the round then he was still angling toward the end of the round but Michael Chandler started taking over you saw the taked down at the end very close but 109 Chandler on my scorecard good hand then the left counter right right back from Alvarez this is badley bounc in the step of the champion Michael Chandler Chandler's worked so much not just on his footwork but on his head movements and his stand up BR the C punch is better slip punch is better from Alvarez Chandler you can see just loading up that right hand Jimmy planted a couple good ones so far Alvarez on his bicycle circling to a better angle likes that look away right hand that strafing right hand he been a very effective punch for him just like that slide abrasion now under the left eye of Eddie Alvarez just trying to establish his jab good left hand almost to look away right side to right side yeah follow your right the left follow your right the left nice jabin what will it do to the energy level of Eddie Alvarez he has been circling nonstop since the beginning of this fight cost a lot of energy Ang goinging that much an effective move move move but it also takes a lot of [Music] gas s Jabs from Alvarez see chanler though Jimmy is he's walking in really trying to Showcase that head movement to the body looking for the take down and he gets it right back another taked down from the w Stitch see Alvarez trying to pop back to his feet Chandler has what I call wrestlers jiujitsu it's opportunistic things like rear naked chokes Guillotines head and arm he'll catch you in a bad position and he'll capitalize on it can be very effective earlier in round two and another taked down by Chandler mentioned the abrasion under Alvarez's left eye now bleeding from under his left eye there's Chandler bleeding from under his right eye Chandler trying to stay tight double strikes from Alvarez see the blood on the thigh now of Eddie Alvarez that's from under Chandler's right eye significant bleeding and significant swelling Jimmy don't let that don't let that Alvarez looking to his Corner come on let's work let's go John McCarthy telling both fighters to work this difficult position for Michael Chandler to use here got to pull him off the fence Alvarez just looked at McCarthy like are you going to stand this up Alvarez gets up of his own fici 50 seconds to go round number two [Music] oh nice [Music] [Applause] combination Chandler's left eye is starting to swell significantly and the level change from the champion and the take [Applause] down 20 seconds remaining round two what the half 15 [Music] seconds open Guard from Edie Alvarez right hand from Chandler posturing on his knees Clos Guard from Alvarez 10 minutes in the books [Music] [Applause] simple listen up yes sir 100% we did listen up to the resets okay we don't we don't have to chase them we don't have swelling under Chandler's right eye SW running cut him off see the cut enough for the resets on this one that's the most important thing okay deep breath tight defense the strikes from Eddie Alvarez nice jab all set up by that footwork good angling that's what's swelling up the left eye of Michael Chandler but Michael Chandler's wrestling he's been tenacious with it the take down again in round number two second out beautiful job picking him up and dumping him second out let's go that nice combination uppercut left hook combo combo by Eddie Alvarez bellator's former lightweight world champion Eddie Alvarez versus that man bellator's reigning lightweight world champion Michael Chandler round number three of this rematch Jimmy what do you think this far 109 Chandler in round number two I thought Chandler land the better strikes other than that oh nice kick in the right hand that upper uppercut combination Eddie Al threw is his best combo of the fight I thought ch's activity and takedowns one him that second very close though three rights to the body from Alvarez going to be what's going to happen if that eye swell shut dep depth perception goes right out the window sorry that left eye they're swelling under the right eye but they're really bad swell under the really swelling shot the driving through that's nicely defended by Alvarez left jab from Alvarez again going to miss on the uppercut from Chandler much lower now Jimmy for Michael Chandler here always likes his hands low I think that's a weakness in his style he likes that know low-h handed kind of style but you're relying on your speed there Eddie Alvarez of course having a year off from MMA he talked about talked to us about it and says I'm better because of that year off I healed up in that year off I got my head straight and my life straight in that one year now Chandler of course more active but if you remember they've been quick fights he blew away gono blew away Dave Rickles Rick Han is only in the second round of a fight that he dominated so he hasn't had a ton of rounds himself since he fought Eddie bounc in the step of Chandler looking to successfully defend his Bellator lightweight World title for the third time truthfully Jimmy no disrespect to David Rickles rickon the first time that he's been tested in the title defense very true your talking about him having more fights hasn't had a lot more R time Chandler now bleeding out of his nose Ed alra starting to take advantage lening well with the jab and he's targeting that eye yeah yeah yeah they're driving through and again you see Alvarez he's following through and getting the separation that he wants problem is that each one of those takedowns he doesn't get cost him a lot of energy Alvarez you see just trying to kick out the leg Chandler being very patient Chandler looking very tired one two to answer though from Chandler everybody down at Alliance has told me nobody trains like Michael Chandler the guy's a mad man in the gym that's why I gave him the check mark thinking he had the better gas tank he looks very tired right now spin back Fist from Alvarez uppercut to counter from Chandler and bloody nose could be affecting his ability to breathe his mouth very wide open that left eye of Chandler looking like a bit of a disaster swollen and bleeding in badly under the left eye also cut in his left lid second attempt for a rear naked choke one hook in for Michael [Music] Chandler not quite in the right position that eye is a mess Le done just powering through Alvarez on the taked down 25 seconds to go round three like you just said only 25 seconds left not enough time to really use that top position you see keeping Chandler close out of Striking Distance from his open guard almost to the body from Alvarez on his back forearm then a left hand from Chandler from the top position body head with the right championship rounds [Music] upcoming blood all over the face of Michael Chandler set back set back a breath yeah that one was close Okay that's the we finished strong we probably got it but I'm going to the only time that Michael Chandler has gone past three rounds when he defeated Eddie Alvarez 2011 submission lightweight World title listen you can get him out of there man Alvarez be a second time to the fourth round he's reached the fth round in his career Pro MMA fight number 28 you understand the last you going to make back hey you want it or not you want it let's go get it then go get it the first minute is dangerous after break look how sh look look at Mike right here yep right there Eddie Eddie right there that's the state of California cage side physician talking to Michael [Music] [Applause] Chandler come back B you ready ready give [Music] up round number four starts with a chant of Eddie at the Long Beach arena Jimmy through three rounds gave Eddie Alvarez that last round 10 n have two rounds to one for Michael Chandler doctor looking very closely at that eye might give Chandler a bit of urgency in this fourth round fans scoring on the Bellator app you're in sync with Jimmy scorecard giving rounds 1 and 2 109 to Chandler in round three 109 to Alvarez now trying to walk down Chandler who's on his bicycle first being busy with the left hand you see the shift oh nice that landed clean beautifully timed by the champion more left hand from Alvarez as he backpedals Chandler coming forward a good left hand shot the scw not much between these two fighters in the Bellator cage tonight Rose guard now from Alvarez now Eddie looking tired this is where Chandler wants to turn it on blood on the face of Alvarez from that cut under his left eye also out of the nose his nose is bleeding quite a bit on open Guard from the former Champion Eddie [Applause] Alvarez ring Champion Michael ch trying to go to work with his ground and pound big right hands see Alvarez raised up with the chest hold bringing him in close and he needs to get some distance get back to his [Applause] feet chanler tenacious throwing those right hands from his knees the big white base now the left great El another left [Applause] elbow right elbow strike that time get your fingers out of his throat Mike Cary just telling Chandler fingers out of the throat he's using that to try to essentially hold the head of Alvarez [Applause] still still open guard Freddy Alvarez both Fighters covered in blood their own and each other's TR to trap they the right arm of Eddie Alvarez under his back then he can let go with the left hand grab the glove the whole hand [Applause] Michael Alvarez trying to shrimp and also trying to punch from his back another elbow strike from Chandler and Chandler really turning it on on top that's why they call these Championship rounds these are two of the top lightweights in the world Chandler looking to suck in the wrist in the arm of Alvarez this is with that right hand Landing with those right [Applause] hands Domin round so far for Michael Chandler it's how much does Eddie Alvarez have left that's the question and Jimmy Alvarez time and time again trying to throw from flat on his back not looking for sweeps just shrimping and trying to punch problem is punch from the bottom are never as effective as punches from the top got to use those strikes to set up something be a submission a sleep some space for an escape just elbows from the bottom strikes from the bottom going to do it twice in sequence McCarthy warning Alvarez grabbing the let's improve let's go let's go right right all the way the way out the Bell can't come soon enough now Freddy Alvarez 10 seconds to go round [Applause] four Chandler letting go with punches and elbows from this top position and we will go to the fifth and Final Round sit down rela doing all right baby yeah all right man we got one round left brother one round okay all right listen up my friend he need to get out of there okay if you want to win it you need to get get out of there yeah I know you get your water it yeah Eddie okay M Eddie all right Hey listen you need to get him out of this how ugly am I dude there you go baby clean that goatee John hey give me faints your high your high and lows he doesn't want to go to the ground again your high and lows are there okay look at this jump knee right on the jaw that stunned him and then the grounded pound later on in the fight Eddie Alvarez hanging on but he was in trouble at the end of that round how much gas does he have for round five that's the question step on back step on back the first time around here we go you ready it did not get out of the fourth round Chandler submitting Eddie Alvarez here in the rematch we have reached the fifth round Jimmy how do you see it thus far so far I have it three rounds to one for Michael for Michael Chandler I only gave Eddie round number three Eddie's Corner very honest in between rounds I said you got to get him out of there if you want the belt if you want to win I agree [Applause] completely backing himself up shooting good scaw from Alvarez on the double leg attempt and two left hands J knee again from Chandler Chandler's hands way down Ed he needs to take advantage of those hands being down if he wants to take this fight oh nice [Applause] uppercut take down for Chandler set up in sequence from the uppercut now looking to take the back of Eddie Alvarez they are right in front of us that is all crank pure power on the the jaw and the neck he's got to get underneath the chin to finish Jay going hard on the crank man a crank takes a lot of energy as you have the gas to finish that needs to get underneath the chin to get the choke Alvarez turning back to his feet [Applause] on Chandler can't question the heart of either one of these guys Eddie Alvarez still fighting hard still fighting like he wants that belt he's down he's not out see the blood dripping out of the mouth of Michael Chandler tler trying to explode to a better position Alvarez matching him turn for turn Hammer fist now from Alvarez [Applause] two phenomenal Fighters throwing down in the Bellator [Applause] cage bloodied bruised swollen beaten and still they fight on at stake the Bellator lightweight World title the former Champion Eddie Alvarez versus the current champion the man who took his title Michael Chandler 230 to go I would watch these guys fight 20 times 30 times as many times as GR he'll put him in the cage I'll watch you Taylor keeping himself grounded with his right hand also with his right knee left from Alvarez at this point the bodies of both these guys have to be spent I know they train hard but so much what you're seeing his heart and guts Chandler trying to Somers to a better position again Alvarez matching him and gets one hook in has two of them in Alvarez now thinking his own rear naked choke to finish and take back his title can't see how deep it is he might have it Chandler able to roll out but still full Mount he's in big trouble still Chandler again looking for the rear naked choke lost it 115 to go what a fight phenomenal man this is unbelievable Chandler struggling at this point Eddie doing everything he can to get the Finish but Chandler just won't give in he's got to get out of this position though the crowd kn behind the champion Michael Chandler but behind the former Champion Eddie Alvarez this's applauding the guts we're seeing here man Chandler's face is a bloody mess but he is still fighting and ends up on top also covered in blood and now he's on his back and in the open guard this is beyond Talent this is character Jimmy you're fighting you can't hide from who you are you you cannot hide from what's inside you these guys are warriors the Finish Line in sight will we reach it 15 seconds to go another take down from the champion man another fight I feel privileged to see Sean privileged to call a phenomenal 25 minutes in the Bellator cage and look at the show of respect from these two phenomenal Fighters everyone in this Arena should be on their feet that was an amazing fight by two Champions I'm sorry one man has to take the belt that was a championship performance by two Warriors tonight our fire replay is brought to you by Rise son of Rome only on Xbox one look at this rear naked choke so deep Michael Chandler just fighting out of it Pure Heart pure guts at this point battered exhausted just unwilling to submit and look at it here thought this might be the end of the fight this image says all you need to know about this fight the look on on both of these Fighters faces Eddie doing everything he can he knew he needed to finish tried every trick in the book to get it but Michael Chandler would not be denied at the end of that fight ending the fight on top question is was it [Applause] enough his family so behind him that's his mom screaming her head off as a mom should and Jamie Eddie Alvarez's wife and who walks away from the belt walks away with the belt I'm sorry that's the question right now Jimmy what do you think who wins this fight who takes this title I gave Eddie Alvarez that last round but Chandler won it 3 to2 on my scorecard 4847 but you never know Chandler's left eye theb almost swollen entirely shut we still did a lot of damage you still walk them every round get the almost that eye is completely swollen shut tough tough It's a good fight it's a good fight I think so nobody's coming in and out anymore man don't worry hey you you're by time again you're there again phenomenal fight the first time was truly special and so was the REM match living up to the hype damn it Eddie Alvarez versus Michael Chandler for bellator's lightweight World [Music] [Applause] [Music] title more crazy fight you see this guy face look guy face Eddie [Applause] okay hensive look on the face of Eddie Al Chandler also obviously [Music] concerned to end all suspense here's Michael Williams ladies and gentlemen inside the Bellator cage we go five full rounds so we now go to your judge's scorecards your first judge cide Mike Beltran sees the fight 48- 47 he sees the fight for Chandler your second judge Steven Davis scores the fight 4847 he sees the fight for Alvarez your third and final judge Derek clar scores the fight 48- 47 for the winner by split decision for the new and now two time world champion and he [Applause] Al that's in the former and now current Bellator lightweight world champion he has taken back his title Eddie Alvarez claims the split decision win over Michael Chandler and celebrates with his wife Jamie [Music]