Michael Chandler Fractures Shin In Devastating Knockout Of Tony Ferguson At UFC 274

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Michael Chandler believes he fractured his shinbone moments earlier than delivering a jaw-dropping knockout towards Tony Ferguson at UFC 274.

Chandler (23-7-0) stepped into the Octagon on the Footprint Middle in Phoenix, AZ with the aim of getting again into the win column after a two-fight skid. Within the course of, Chandler supplied the reside viewers and followers at house with a shocking first-round front-kick KO of ‘El Cucuy’.

Whereas discussing the bout on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Chandler confirmed that his shinbone was possible fractured from one of many two kicks thrown that night.

“God didn’t create our bones to crack up towards one another like we do,” stated Chandler. “I threw two kicks in that struggle – one on Tony’s inside proper leg as he was a southpaw. He switched stances and I hit him with a very laborious low kick as effectively.”

“So [my] shinbone is jacked up, may have a fracture in there. My ankle has had some issues prior to now. Clearly, the dislocated finger… it was undoubtedly one hundred percent dislocated after having Dr. Davidson have a look at it,” Chandler stated.

Michael Chandler’s Knockout Created a Scary Scenario For Tony Ferguson Followers

Early within the struggle, Ferguson appeared to have Chandler on the ropes as he landed clear inflicting Chandler’s proper eye to swell considerably. Fortunately for ‘Iron’ Mike, it solely took 17 seconds of the second spherical for Chandler to ship Ferguson crashing to the mat with a kick to the chin, paying homage to Anderson Silva’s beloved front-kick to the face of Vitor Belfort at UFC 126.

‘El Cucuy’ remained unconscious for a number of minutes inflicting concern amongst followers. Fortunately Ferguson regained consciousness and was launched from an area hospital following a CT scan that night.

After his win, Michael Chandler had phrases with Nate Diaz on Twitter with the each seemingly agreeing to a bout slated for UFC 277 on July 30. The UFC has not commented on the potential bout as of but.