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‘Iron’ Michael Chandler dubs Dustin Poirier the Hardest Hitter He’s ever Faced in his career

‘Iron’ Michael Chandler has faced some of the hardest hitters in the history of mixed martial arts.

Though he’s only fought inside the Octagon five times, Chandler has already faced a murderer’s row of lightweight talent, including Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje, and Tony Ferguson, but only one can claim to be the hardest hitter the former Bellator MMA champion has faced in his storied career.

“Dustin Poirier hits fricking hard, man,” Chandler said when talkSPORT.com asked him who is the biggest puncher he’s ever fought. “It’s widely documented, that and Dustin need to squash our beef eventually, but we haven’t quite yet.