{"id":399675,"date":"2021-11-15T13:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=399675"},"modified":"2021-11-15T13:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T21:17:16","slug":"michael-chandler-quit-against-justin-gaethje-at-ufc-268-claims-former-opponent-will-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-chandler-quit-against-justin-gaethje-at-ufc-268-claims-former-opponent-will-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Chandler &#8216;quit&#8217; against Justin Gaethje at UFC 268, claims former opponent Will Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will Brooks, who fought and beat Michael Chandler twice in Bellator, believes &#8220;Iron&#8221; quit against Justin Gaethje at UFC 268.<\/p>\n<p>Although Gaethje and Chandler went toe-to-toe for three rounds and it was &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; winning a decision. Despite<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-chandler\/ufc-268-results-justin-gaethje-defeats-michael-chandler-highlights\/\"> the fact the fight went to the scorecards<\/a>, Brooks believes Chandler quit in a sense he didn&#8217;t try to win in the third round. Instead, he thinks Chandler tried to make it entertaining so people didn&#8217;t care that he lost.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know one thing, if I do get the opportunity to get back there, nobody\u2019s gonna see me fighting like a Michael Chandler, Justin Gaethje were, you know\u2026 I personally think Chandler quit in that fight. He knew that he wasn\u2019t going to beat Gaethje and he saw Gaethje had a step on him,&#8221; Brooks said to <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/will-brooks-i-personally-think-chandler-quit-in-the-justin-gaethje-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClutchPoints<\/a>. &#8220;So instead of trying to win the fight, he started trying to entertain the crowd. I think that was a backdoor exit for him. \u2018Well alright, this guy\u2019s lighting me up I\u2019m losing this fight, so I might as well try to win over the crowd.\u2019 Which is cool, good politics, good strategy, but I fight to win bro. Like that\u2019s what I do. I fight to win. I put together strategies to outdo the other guy and that\u2019s what I\u2019m focused on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will Brooks and Michael Chandler fought in 2014 with Brooks winning the first fight by split decision at Bellator 120. They then had a rematch months later at Bellator 131 where Brooks won by fourth-round TKO to win the vacant lightweight title. After defending the belt two more times he signed with the UFC, but the now 35-year-old struggled as he went 1-3 with loss to Charles Oliveira, Alex Oliveira, and Nik Lentz.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Will Brooks&#8217; comments about Michael Chandler quitting against Justin Gaethje?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Brooks, who fought and beat Michael Chandler twice in Bellator, believes &#8220;Iron&#8221; quit against Justin Gaethje at UFC 268. Although Gaethje and Chandler went toe-to-toe for three rounds and it was &#8220;The Highlight&#8221; winning a decision. 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