“Iron” Michael Chandler is looking to further his legacy when he battles Brent Primus replacement Brandon Girtz, this Friday night at Bellator 197 in St. Charles, Missouri. Yes, this Bellator event falls on Friday the 13th. Since dropping his lightweight title to Primus due to injury at Bellator NYC, Chandler has largely shifted his perspective, from caring about championships, to not caring about the sport at all, which oddly enough has made the former champ love MMA that much more.
Before waging war with Girtz this weekend, Chandler took the time to speak with Bloody Elbow about said shift in perspective, his willingness to compete from featherweight up to middleweight in the name of big fights, and then gets rather real on the topic of fatherhood and the decay of what it means to be a real true man.