UFC 274 was a memorable night for Michael Chandler. Coming back from a two-fight losing streak, Chandler faced Tony Ferguson at UFC 274. Chandler won this fight via a vicious knockout. The entire MMA community reacted to this knockout by Chandler. While he got a lot of reactions, Chandler received a Tweet from none other than Dwayne ‘ The Rock’ Johnson.

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On May 8th, Johnson took to his Twitter to congratulate Michael Chandler after his KO win. Johnson wrote, “Holy shit. What an INCREDIBLE KO from @michaelchandler. And on top of that just delivered a truly electrifying promo that already sold tickets to his next fight, that’s not even booked yet. Light fighting, promo work is a special skill that =‘s #UFC274″

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Chandler had both, a grateful and funny reaction to this Tweet. In his Tweet, Chandler mentioned how Dwayne Johnson’s mention was the best mention, but unfortunately, it was a miss-mention as Johnson tagged the wrong account.

Chandler said, “When the best mention of your life is a miss-mention…truth be told, I tried to buy the @michaelchandler handle from him over a decade ago. Should have bid higher.”

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Johnson, on seeing the tweet, said, “I will correct this now brother.”

As promised, Johnson took a take 2, posted the tweet, and tagged the right Michael Chandler. Johnson, in his Tweet, wrote, Holy sh*t. What an INCREDIBLE KO from @MikeChandlerMMA And on top of that just delivered a truly electrifying promo that already sold tickets to his next fight, that’s not even booked yet. Light fighting, promo work is a special skill that =‘s #UFC274 #take2″

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Dwayne Johnson, along with this, has also been in the news for other reasons. It is rumored that the WWE star turned actor, will replace actor Will Smith in the role of Genie in Disney’s Aladdin sequel.

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Michael Chandler truly deserves the praises he has been getting. Not only did he win via knockout at UFC 274, but he also fought to deal with adversity.

Michael Chandler dislocated his finger before the fight at UFC 274

Fighting is all about facing adversity. A fighter has to conquer a lot for him/her to compete under the brightest lights. At UFC 274, Michael Chandler did a similar thing.

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Michael Chandler dislocated his finger while warming up before his fight at UFC 274. The injury occurred when Chandler was blocking a kick while warming up. Immediately Chandler knew he had dislocated his finger but had no time to fret over it.

Even though he suffered from a broken finger, Chandler still delivered a stellar performance at UFC 274. He fought fellow lightweight contender Tony Ferguson. Chandler scored a vicious front kick knockout victory over Ferguson in round 2.

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While Michael Chandler takes time to recover from his injury, the lightweight fighter will have options to consider for his next outing in the octagon. Post-fight at UFC 274, Chandler cut an amazing promo and called out the likes of Conor McGregor, Justin Gaethje, and Charles Oliveira. Fans will wait with anticipation to see Chandler fight one of these opponents.

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Varun Anand Bhat is an MMA writer at EssentiallySports. Not only does he train in MMA but he is also a certified judge, which gives him valuable insight while writing content. The fight between Conor Mcgregor & Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 was responsible for making him interested in the sport of MMA. Since then he has been following and studying the sport fanatically. He has completed his graduation in sociology. His goal remains to compete and grow in the sport of MMA while writing comes to him because of his parents who inculcated the habit of reading and writing from a young age. Apart from MMA, Varun loves to read non-fiction books along with writing about different topics on his blog. You can also find him grooving to music and listening to podcasts during his leisure.

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