During a recent conversation with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, top UFC lightweight Michael Chandler gave his thoughts on last weekend’s Triller Fight Club event which saw Evander ‘The Real Deal’ Holyfield and Tito Ortiz get knocked out in the first round of their fights by Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva, respectively. This Michael Chandler ‘medical issue’ has UFC fans stunned.
Chandler appears to have had a mixed review of the event, praising the showmanship and spectacle that Triller put on but did state that it was ‘bad’ to see both Tito and Holyfield getting knocked out the way that they did in their fights. Credit to SportsKeeda for the below.
“Before the main event and co-main, there was some really good boxing involving legit fighters. To see Holyfield get hit that hard and fall and Tito Ortiz getting knocked out cold (by Anderson Silva), which we haven’t seen much, it was bad. But they (Triller) put on a good event. There was some music. I’m happy that it was less R-rated than the first Triller event with Jake Paul and Ben Askren because when I watched that on TV, I was like ‘goodness, gracious, man!’ It was good to be there live, it was fun. It was an enjoyable night and I’m glad I went.
