Michael Chandler enters free agency with exactly the type of performance a veteran fighter looking to score his last big contract would want to display. Friday night, Chandler (21-5 MMA, 18-5 BMMA), the three-time former Bellator lightweight champion, scored a stunning first-round knockout of one of the hardest fighters in the sport to finish, former UFC and WEC lightweight king Benson Henderson, in the opening round of their Bellator 243 main event. The time of the stoppage was 2:09 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., in favor of the fighter who has been with the promotion since Bellator 31 in 2010.
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