The champ is back.
On Friday night at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Michael Chandler backed up all his talk and avenged his loss to Brent Primus, taking a hard-fought unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to reclaim his Bellator lightweight title.
Primus came out throwing a lot of kicks but Chandler caught him with a big right hand midway through the first round. That shot led to a takedown, after which Chandler battered the champion from inside his guard for the rest of the round.
In the second, Primus dropped Chandler with a strong jab and then jumped on the challenger’s back.