Charles Oliveira once again played spoiler to a big moment in Michael Chandler’s career when he emerged victorious from Saturday’s UFC 309 rematch.
After stopping Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) with strikes in a vacant lightweight title bout in May 2021, Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC) once again got his hand raised, this time by unanimous decision in the co-headlining matchup at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Check below for the top X (formerly Twitter) reactions to Oliveira beating Chandler at UFC 309.
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PRE-FIGHT
THE FIGHT
Chaos to begin the fight. Oliveira has Chandler in trouble in an awkward position on the ground up against the fence. #UFC309
— Sherdog (@sherdogdotcom) November 17, 2024
Hes a runner he’s a track starrrrrr 🏃♂️😂😂#UFC309
— Tracy Cortez’s ERA (@TracyCortezmma) November 17, 2024
Oliveira too much for Chandler in the striking, wrestling and grappling. #UFC309
— Aiemann Zahabi (@Aiemannzahabi) November 17, 2024
Damn Chandler waited like 2 years for Conor , then came back to one of the toughest fights at 155, feel for him ! …. #UFC309
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) November 17, 2024
Oliveira just completely outclassing Chandler everywhere.
— Anton Tabuena (@antontabuena) November 17, 2024
Oliveira is just too much to handle in this fight
— Terrance McKinney (@twrecks155) November 17, 2024
Oliveira dominating this rematch very convincingly. Chandler not giving up on himself tho! #UFC309
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) November 17, 2024
If chandler ain’t cheating he ain’t trying
— Sodiq Yusuff (@Super_Sodiq) November 17, 2024
Jon v Stipe is the only hope to save this card. It’s been brutal #UFC309
— Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) November 17, 2024
If we’re talking overall skill, Charles Oliveira goes down as one of the 🐐 ‘s! #UFC309
— Dustin Jacoby 🇺🇸 (@thehanyakdj) November 17, 2024
40-35 Oliveira. But as long as there’s still time on the clock, Chandler is still in it. #UFC309
— Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) November 17, 2024
Did the ref not see all those to the back of the head
— Arnold billy allen (@Arnoldbfa) November 17, 2024
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Back of the head over and over… Keith Peterson what are you looking at?
— Casey Oneill (@kingcaseymma) November 17, 2024
49-46 Do Bronx.
Chandler tried to find the quit in Oliveira and it was nowhere to be found.
But all respect to Michael Chandler for his grit and refusal himself to quit. He has made many magic moments at MSG.
— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) November 17, 2024
THE AFTERMATH
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 309 social media reactions: Charles Oliveira’s rematch win over Michael Chandler leads to title shot calls
