Poirier vs Chandler

Who won Poirier vs Chandler?

Dustin Poirier beat Michael Chandler by submission in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 281, on Saturday 12th November 2022 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs Chandler stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Michael Chandler made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 7 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011. Michael Chandler marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Michael Chandler's came in at 2-5-0.

The stats suggested Poirier had a slight advantage in power over Chandler, with a 50% knock out percentage over Chandler's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Chandler had a slight advantage over Poirier, with a 30% submission rate over Poirier's 25%.

Dustin Poirier was the younger man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Poirier had a height advantage of 1 inch over Chandler. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 months earlier than Chandler, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 89 to Chandler's 76.

Poirier vs Chandler form

Poirier had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Conor McGregor at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on 23rd January 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had defeated Dan Hooker at UFC Vegas 4 on 27th June 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He had been beaten by Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at du Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Chandler had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he was victorious against Sidney Outlaw at Bellator 237 on 28th December 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been defeated by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 221 on 11th May 2019 by knockout in the 1st round in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, United States.

Going into that contest, he had won against Brent Primus at Bellator 212 on 14th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Lightweight championship fight at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu.

Before that, he had beaten Brandon Girtz at Bellator 197 on 13th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at The Family Arena, St. Charles.

He had defeated Goiti Yamauchi at Bellator 192 on 20th January 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Great Wester Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Dustin Poirier had been fighting more than Michael Chandler.

Going to this contest, Dustin Poirier had last fought 3 years, 5 months and 12 days ago, while Michael Chandler's last outing had been 5 years, 4 months and 25 days ago.

Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Chandler's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Poirier vs Chandler?

Dustin Poirier was a 9/20 (-220) favourite going into the contest, while Michael Chandler made his way into the ring at 9/5 (+180) with oddsmakers.