A biography for Michael Chandlerhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't focus on how I'm gonna get the finish or how I would like to get the finish. I focus on just my game plan that I've gone over with myself, my coaches. If the finish comes it comes.”
“It is not that hard to go out there and put on the performance of your life and beat any guy in the lightweight division on any given night.”
“On my way to winning the title, it was great for me, but once I won the title, it was tough for me to get fights.”
“I had so much growing up and I'm so thankful for all the people who invested in my life.”
“Derek Campos is really tough.”
“I actually have a tattoo on the left side of my chest that says 'Blessed.' It represents how blessed I've been in my life and how thankful I am for all that I have.”
“I just think that with my wrestling background there's not going to be any doubt in my mind that if I have to go through a three round war that in the third round I'm gonna be more fresh, more tenacious, I'm gonna want that win more than anybody else I'm going to have to fight.”
“I just turned 34 and feel like the best striker I've ever been.”
“There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I don't necessarily disagree with them.”
“I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.”
“I didn't have to fight. I chose to fight. I believe God put me on this Earth to be able to do this and do it at a high level.”
“I didn't even drink in college.”
“I just try to keep the main thing the main thing: getting my butt in the gym.”
“I'm always training to be quite honest, but there are those moments when you're a little more out of shape than you should be.”
“When people talk about the lightweight division they will probably mention my name a little bit. Whether they believe I don't deserve to be up there or I do, they are at least going to mention me.”
“Obviously, as a young, young, hungry fighter, I'd like to be fighting three or four times a year.”
“I want to build a brand that inspires as many people as I possibly can.”
“I talk to my god every day and he's completely fine with me beating the hell out of people.”
“My wrestling's always better than most people's.”
“I pretty much just train... and go to church on Sundays.”