A biography for Michael Chandlerhasn’t been written yet.
“There's still times I wish I could throw on the black and gold singlet and go out there in the Hearnes Center and wrestle for the Missouri Tigers. I miss that and I miss the stuff about college wrestling.”
“I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.”
“I look after two people - my wife and my son.”
“I love Scott Coker and I love Bellator and I love what we have built together and it's a little uneasy to think that I will no longer be under contract with Bellator after I knock out Benson Henderson and get my hand raised.”
“I do love the outdoor. Love love the outdoors, fishing and hunting and that kind of thing.”
“Benson is a champion. I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't scared to death inside this cage, stepping into the cage with that monster.”
“For as long as I can remember, our family has been huge Cardinals fans. My grandpa is a personal friend of Whitey Herzog's; they were neighbors for decades. Our love and support of the Cardinals definitely runs deep.”
“It's OK to have a little bit of pride in yourself.”
“I had my first fight in August of 2009 and haven't looked back since.”
“I'm just getting better every single day and I want to be the best in the world.”
“Not since 2011, when I stepped into the cage and fought Eddie Alvarez for the first time and was the extreme underdog - I've never quite had that feeling of a 10 since then.”
“If I could do this until I was 60, I would. This is a great life. All I do is train, all I do is work out, and prolong my life by the training that I'm doing, the things I have to do as professional athlete.”
“America was built on hard work and not complaining about stupid junk.”
“Once I'm in training camp, there's no beer, there's no soda, there's no bad food. There's no anything. It's eat, sleep and breathe training.”
“I eat about every three to four hours.”
“I'm just blessed that fighting was an option. Now I'm doing it and I love it. I thank God every day that I'm in the sport.”
“Finishing a guy like Benson Henderson, who hasn't been finished since for six years, the guy doesn't get finished and I finished it with a switch-step switch to Southpaw, knocked him out with my left hand.”
“You see it from my area, from any area, really, so many who want to be great and have the drive, but don't have the resources. I'm very blessed that I have a family that was financially stable enough to get me to tournaments and camps and to practices so I could wrestle year-round.”
“If it's an emotional chick-flick type of movie, chances are, I'm going to end up crying. I'm not afraid to admit that, because I think emotion is very healthy.”
“You got to surround yourself with the strongest in the world, the strongest training partners and the best people. That's what I do.”