Although Michael Chandler fell short to Charles Oliveira , he doesn’t see the Brazilian holding on to the belt for too much longer. Oliveira captured the vacant lightweight title by knocking out Chandler at UFC 262 in May, but the win didn’t come without a bit of adversity. Chandler was able to rock and badly hurt Oliveira at the end of Round 1, but “Do Bronx” showed championship mettle by storming into Round 2 with a big left hook which sat Chandler down and crowned him as champion. Now Oliveira (31-8 MMA, 19-8 UFC) is set for his first title defense against former interim champ Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 269 on Dec. 11 and though Chandler wasn’t able to get the best of Oliveira, he sees Poirier (28-6 MMA, 20-5 UFC) dethroning him. “If you’ve got to go with an actual 100 percent winner on that fight and you had to go – for me, I go with my gut – I think it’s Dustin Poirier,” Chandler told ESPN’s “DC & RC” podcast hosted by Daniel Cormier.
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