Michael Chandler is no stranger to a classic lightweight championship fight, and
he found himself in another one on Saturday.
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defended the Bellator MMA title for the first time Saturday, when he defeated
former UFC champion Benson Henderson via split decision. The 155-pound title
fight headlined Bellator 165 at SAP Center in San Jose, California.Two of the
three judges scored the fight for Chandler by scores of 48-47 and 48-46. A third
judge had it 48-46 in favor of Henderson. ESPN.com scored it 47-46,
Chandler.Chandler, a two-time Bellator champion, apologized for the close
scorecards. The crowd booed, even though Chandler had finished one of the best
fights of 2016.Benson is a heck of a competitor, Chandlers said. Hey, you cant
be perfect in here. You have to find a way to win. Sorry to everybody whos
disappointed. I will get better. I will come back. Dont be mad at me, I just
bring it.Henderson (24-7) celebrated as soon as the bout was over. After the
scorecards were read, he walked away from Chandler and leaned heavily on the
side of the cage. The Arizona-based lightweight is 1-2 since signing with
Bellator. His other loss came to former welterweight champion Andrey
Koreshkov.The back-and-forth affair nearly didnt make it out of the first round.
Chandler dominated Henderson early, hurting him with several hard right hands
across the chin and scored a huge suplex, after stuffing several takedowns
attempts. Chandler also caught Henderson in a power guillotine but couldnt
finish it.Henderson responded well in the second round, but momentum mostly
stayed with Chandler. He threatened to submit Henderson with another guillotine
in the third and out-wrestled him in the fourth. Prior to the fifth, however,
Chandler looked exhausted and had trouble getting back to his corner.Sensing an
opportunity, Henderson pushed the pace in the final round. He took Chandlers
back with three minutes to work but lost position moments later. Chandler did
little offense in the final five minutes, while Hendersons output seemed to
increase.A rematch will be a possibility for Bellator; however, Chandler also
called out San Jose-based lightweight Josh Thomson. A former Strikeforce
champion, Thomson is 2-0 with Bellator but hasnt fought since last
December.Chandler won his first Bellator championship in 2011, in an instant
classic against then-champion Eddie Alvarez. Chandler defended his title twice
before surrendering the belt back to Alvarez in 2013. Chandler reclaimed the
title earlier this year.I do have to say, San Jose, if your boy Josh Thomson
steps back into the cage and does not stand across the cage from me, he is an
absolute coward, Chandler said. Id [also] love to run it back against Benson
Henderson and put the pain on him next time.Page squeaks past Gonzalez in
lackluster fightMichael Venom Page has never struggled to entertain and win in
MMA. He had a little trouble doing both Saturday.Page (12-0) maintained his
perfect pro record by defeating Fernando Gonzalez (25-14) via split decision.
Two judges scored it for Page 29-28, while the other saw it completely
different: 30-27 Gonzalez.It was an awkward fight; neither fighter seemed
willing to really mix it up. Gonzalez stayed well on the outside in the first
and second rounds before finally pressing the action in the third. Page also
hung back, stringing together feints and dance moves from a distance. His
offense came mostly in the form of rangy kicks, which never really hurt
Gonzalez.The California crowd booed the entire welterweight affair. Page,
nevertheless, improved to 7-0 in the Bellator cage. It is the first time he has
failed to finish a fight since October 2014.Melendez scores first-round knockout
in pro debutKeri Melendez (1-0), wife of UFC lightweight Gilbert Melendez,
earned a first-round knockout in her professional MMA debut.A former
professional kickboxer, Melendez, 32, went after strawweight Sheila Padilla
(2-1) early, throwing the right behind the jab.The finish came just 47 seconds
in, as Melendez landed a flush right hand that dropped Padilla. Melendez
followed with another punch, but it was clear Padilla was done after the initial
shot.
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court.Britains Tai Woffinden believes he is on course for a third World
Championship crown after winning the FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland at the
National Stadium in Warsaw on Saturday evening. The 25-year-old from Scunthorpe,
who was crowned world champion in 2013 and 2015, topped the rostrum in front of
over 52,000 fans in the Polish capital after fending off triple world champion
Greg Hancock, 2015 Warsaw winner Matej Zagar and 2012 world title winner Chris
Holder in the final.Woffinden racked up nine points in the heats, before
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standings and just two points behind Australian Holder, who has 26
points.Woffinden said: Were looking forward to the rest of the season and I am
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that forward with me. Its going to be a long season, as it always is. But I feel
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