Despite his debut only lasting two minutes and 30 seconds, Chandler nevertheless landed 17 of 24 strikes, all of them counting as significant. Nevertheless, he'll want to stay out of that danger zone and strike. (And of course, he owns the all-time UFC record for submission wins with 14).Ĭhandler's defensive wrestling is strong, and surely he'll be ready to defend.
Oliveira, who as of Wednesday was a slight -134 betting favorite on DraftKings, sits second among active UFC fighters with 2.8 submission attempts per 15 minutes. Scott Harris: I wouldn't expect this to go to the ground, although if it does, I'd expect Oliveira to have the upper hand. With that shakeup, a lightweight fight between top-10 contenders Tony Ferguson and Beneil Dariush was promoted to the co-main event spot.īeyond those two lightweight fights, the UFC 262 main card is rounded out by a women's flyweight fight between Katlyn Chookagian and Viviane Araujo, a featherweight fight between Edson Barboza and Shane Burgos and a men's flyweight bout between Matt Schnell and Rogerio Bontorin.Īs always, there's no way to know how any of these matchups will shake out until fight night, but the B/R combat sports team has you covered with predictions for each UFC 262 main card bout. The card was originally expected to then go to a welterweight fight between Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz, but that fight was bumped to UFC 263 next month after Diaz suffered a minor injury. The card will be topped by a lightweight showdown between streaking contenders Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler, the winner of which will assume the throne recently vacated by Khabib Nurmagomedov.
UFC 262 goes down Saturday in Houston, Texas, and it looks like it's going to be an enjoyable night for fight fans.
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