Michael Chandler has been in numerous wars throughout his career, but none more damaging than UFC 309.
Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) rallied late, but lost a unanimous decision to Charles Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) in their rematch this past Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The contest predominantly took place on the ground, but Chandler revealed that he suffered an array of injuries stemming from the fight.
“I had a phenomenal training camp, we went to war, we did our thing,” Chandler said on Bussin’ with the Boys. “My body, the most pain I’ve ever been in my entire life. The most injuries I’ve ever had in a fight, for sure. Peed blood, inflammation all over, my whole body is swollen.
“The first one was very light, which was in my drug test. New York drug tested me before the fight and then after the fight. I tested positive for blood (laughs). It had a light tint and the second one was beet-looking juice. It was dark. My whole body hurt.”
Chandler says he hurt his leg very early on in his five-round battle with Oliveira, and will get some scans done to check the extent of the injury.
“I think something happened to the knee in that first exchange where he had the leg, and I did like a full 360, and he did a kneebar thing,” Chandler said. “I walked back to the stool and I looked down at my left leg and it was not working right. It wasn’t stepping. It wasn’t catching. It was unstable. It was weird. … Essentially, for about 23 minutes of that fight, I don’t know if the leg was really working that well.”
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