Watch the full fight between Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler 2 from their epic rematch at UFC 262! Relive every moment of this high-stakes lightweight clash as Oliveira and Chandler go to war in the Octagon.
✔ Charles Oliveira (UFC Lightweight Champion) vs Michael Chandler (Former Bellator Champ)
✔ UFC 262 Main Event – Lightweight Title Fight
✔ Knockouts, Submissions & Non-Stop Action!
✔ Charles Oliveira (UFC Lightweight Champion) vs Michael Chandler (Former Bellator Champ)
✔ UFC 262 Main Event – Lightweight Title Fight
✔ Knockouts, Submissions & Non-Stop Action!
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00:00As the lightweight division moves on without Khabib Nurmagomedov.
00:16One kick for Oliveira, he's in yellow, Michael Chandler's in white.
00:19Moves right towards him, high guard, low cap kick twice.
00:23I like how he steps in with that knee, lifts that left knee up,
00:26and uses it as a teep,
00:28or he can just set it up for other things.
00:31That's one of the things that he's done really well.
00:33That's where he's improved, right, is everything up the middle.
00:36Those front kicks, those leg kicks.
00:38He does a lot of things to discourage you from coming forward into him.
00:42He's so technical.
00:44I mean, you can't just explode on him,
00:46and that's one of the reasons why he's different.
00:48Oh!
00:49A couple of left-hands from Chandler.
00:51Chandler's got a good game team.
00:53It's tight, too! And it's tight!
00:55It's real tight. It's real tight.
00:57He might have it.
00:59Looks like Charles is bleeding, too!
01:01Oh.
01:02Pops his head out.
01:03Wow.
01:04That looked real tight.
01:05Well, Mike might have not thought he had it,
01:08decided not to burn his arms out.
01:10Don't give your back to Chandler.
01:11Oh, no!
01:12You cannot give your back if you're Chandler.
01:14Not to this guy.
01:15Not to Olivera.
01:19That is...
01:20And listen, this is what Olivera does.
01:22He's got both hooks in now.
01:23He did this to Will Brooks.
01:24He knows, as wrestlers, we go to our knees to try to get up.
01:27So he forces you in that direction.
01:30He's sitting back to make sure that he's not too high.
01:33He's either gonna pull him back or he's gonna try to flatten him forward,
01:36depending on how Michael reacts to this.
01:39Oh, that...
01:42But that's terrible.
01:44He slammed himself into a deeper body triangle.
01:47Chandler's never been submitted.
01:49This is his 28th crow fight tonight.
01:51He's also never fought Charles Olivera.
01:54I mean, this is the number one submission guy in the history of the UFC.
01:59Chandler's doing a good job of hand fighting there.
02:02Oh, nice elbow there by Olivera.
02:05That was a strong elbow from the back.
02:10This is worst-case scenario for Chandler.
02:12Now, he's doing a good job of hand fighting.
02:14It's so important when a guy like this is on your back to just hand fight.
02:18Make sure you're clearing.
02:19Never allowing him to get started,
02:21because if a jiu-jitsu guy like this gets started, it's too late.
02:24You gotta be preemptive.
02:26You gotta make sure they don't even get it going on the road
02:28because we can't catch up.
02:30And Olivera...
02:31Oh, what an explosion.
02:33What an explosion there.
02:35Chandler is just such a gorilla.
02:38But look, Olivera tries to go to the legs.
02:41Chandler on top.
02:42Interesting to see whether or not he'll engage him on the ground.
02:51Big shot from the top by Chandler.
02:53Great shot on top by Chandler.
02:54Those up kicks.
02:58That was a massive win for Michael Chandler.
03:00Getting down there early when he was dry.
03:02Surviving.
03:03And not only surviving, but now being on top.
03:05Being on top with two minutes to go.
03:08Chandler corner calling for some forward motion here under two minutes to go in the round.
03:15There's that left hand.
03:16Oh, Olivera's in trouble.
03:17He's in real trouble.
03:19Oh, Olivera in the round of trouble early.
03:26Chandler's power is hurting Olivera every time he touches him.
03:31He hurts him.
03:32And Olivera has managed to survive up to now.
03:36That was touch and go right there.
03:40I mean, the power of Chandler is a sight to behold, man.
03:45It's very dangerous.
03:49He's so dangerous.
03:50He's so strong physically.
03:52And he has so much belief in his strength and his ability to fight at a high pace that he won't slow down.
03:58USA champs raining down here in Houston.
04:02Just over a minute to go here in round one.
04:05If I'm Chandler, I'm letting him up.
04:11I think he just caught him with that elbow as well.
04:18Chandler's motivation does not seem to be to get this fight up right.
04:22He had an opportunity a couple of minutes ago, now operating inside that closed guard ball.
04:27Oh, nice elbow.
04:28Oh, big shots.
04:36Olivera displaying some heart to stay in this fight.
04:40And this is where Olivera will have to answer a lot of questions,
04:43because before when things would start to happen like this, this is where he struggled.
04:49He has not had to deal with this type of adversity on this long run that he's been on.
04:53Well, a round not without adversity for Michael Chandler, but he had some huge,
05:08huge moments in round one.
05:12A standing ovation for the athletes here in Houston as round two gets underway.
05:18Chandler working off of that jab early.
05:20Oh!
05:21Knocked down for Olivera now.
05:23Now a knee to the body for Charles on the right hand.
05:27Chandler returns.
05:28Now Chandler is down.
05:30He's down.
05:31He's down.
05:32He's down.
05:33He's down.
05:34He's down.
05:35He's down.
05:36He's down.
05:37He's down.
05:38He's down.
05:39He's down.
05:40He's down.
05:41He's down.
05:42He's down.
05:43He's down.
05:44He's down.
05:45He's down.
05:46Wow.
05:47Charles Oliveira has done it.
05:48How in the world does it change that fast?
05:49My goodness.
05:50That's the game we play, right?
05:51My goodness.
05:52From that round to that.
05:53Wow.
05:54He's got blood on the balls.
05:55Look at that.
05:56He got blood on the balls.
05:57Ah.
05:58Wow.
05:59And when he came to the broadcast booth, he had two words.
06:02Wow.
06:03Those echoed by Michael Chandler on Fight Island.
06:05Surprise, surprise.
06:07Charles Oliveira is the champ.
06:10Charles Oliveira is the champion.
06:11I mean, geez.
06:12Look at him.
06:13Look at him dancing.
06:14Oh, my God.
06:15How happy is he?
06:16We haven't seen this since Jose Aldo beat Chad Mendes when he ran out into the crowd.
06:19This is crazy.
06:20In real.
06:21Oh, my goodness.
06:22Charles Oliveira, what a performance.
06:27I mean, what a comeback from that disastrous end of the first round to stop Michael Chandler in the second like that.
06:35I mean, geez, Louise.
06:36My goodness.
06:37Well, we all remember Michael Bisping breaking through towards the end of his career.
06:43It took Charles Oliveira 28 UFC fights just to get a title fight.
06:47Oliveira with a crisp left foot.
06:49Look at that.
06:50Sits him down.
06:51I mean, perfect technique, as we were saying about Oliveira.
06:54He doesn't extend himself with anything.
06:56He's never out of line.
06:57Look how he's throwing these shots.
06:58Look at this.
06:59Look at his right hand, too.
07:00Perfect.
07:01See where his right hand was?
07:02Perfect.
07:03Right where it's supposed to be.
07:04It's always where it's supposed to be.
07:05Everything's perfect.
07:06Look at that right hand.
07:07Boom!
07:08On the top.
07:09Chases him down.
07:10There's the left hook.
07:11I mean, everything is picture perfect.
07:14And big Dan Mergliata seen enough.
07:19Unbelievable.
07:20Can you believe it, though?
07:21Unbelievable.
07:22It's so crazy when it happens like that fast.
07:24That's where the issue is, right?
07:26It's when you see Charles Oliveira get beat up in the way that he did in round one.
07:31For that to switch that quickly, and he is now the champion, so crazy.
07:36Ladies and gentlemen, referee Dan Mergliata has called a stop to this contest at 19 seconds
07:43of round number two.
07:44Declared the winner by TKO and new undisputed UFC lightweight champion of the world, Charles
08:04Dubois, Dubois, Olivera!