Chelsea Chandler
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Striking D, Wrestling, TD Defense, Control · stats alone on Durability.
Built on 60 minutes of tracked cage time across 7 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Melissa Croden clear UFC Fight Night Buckley vs Malott Full Card Preview & Predictions · October 11, 2026
says she's covered everywhere but size
A good striker who comes forward with powerful punches and is physically strong and savvy, especially once she clinches. Pretty good grappling, with good ground and pound when she gets on top. The analyst says she is having a hard time making this weight class and is likely to carry a size advantage into the fight regardless.
vs Priscila Cachoeira coinflip UFC Fight Night Muhammad vs Bonfim Full Card Preview & Predictions · May 30, 2026 · 1 read since
He states outright "this isn't a fight" he feels convicted on either side of (quote truncated to stay under five words: "not convicted on either"), and grants Chandler a clean path to win if she simply wrestles.
A physical, aggressive athlete who presses forward and whose power comes more from raw strength than technique; her ground-and-pound is called solid once she gets on top. The analyst is blunt that she is still more athlete than finished fighter, picking up skill as she goes rather than drawing on a long martial-arts background, and was not really UFC-ready on arrival.
vs Joselyne Edwards clear UFC Fight Night Machado Garry vs Prates Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · April 22, 2025 · 2 reads since
Repeated, undhedged: should win "pretty comfortably" twice; names a mechanism (front kick, volume) with no concession of a route to Chandler.
Our paraphrase: physically strong fighter who presses forward, with decent striking and grappling that the analyst calls her main assets. He rates Edwards better everywhere except physicality. He expects her forward pressure to run into Edwards's front kick and low guard to be exploited.
vs Yana Santos clear UFC Fight Night Tybura vs Spivac 2 Full Card Analysis, Prediction, & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 95) · August 6, 2024 · 3 reads since
The pick clause itself is unqualified -- he states plainly that she is the better fighter and that he has to take her. He describes her as a fighter with a complete game, in contrast to Chandler, where he struggles to name a strength beyond size and strength. The one conceded route -- Chandler eventually landing takedowns -- is softened by his own uncertainty over timing, rather than left standing as a real threat to the outcome.
He struggles to credit Chandler with much beyond size and strength, judging her UFC wins to have come against limited or one-dimensional opposition. He grants that her size should eventually produce takedown opportunities, but does not treat that as enough to win him over.
vs Josiane Nunes emphatic UFC Fight Night Tuivasa vs Tybura Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 88) · March 12, 2024 · 4 reads since
States 'I feel very confident in Josiane Nunes' and that she wins 'pretty impressively'; no hedge voiced on the win at all.
Decent striker with good forward pressure and fair power, and a decent, physically strong grappling game built around good ground-and-pound. The analyst is explicit that he has little specific detail to offer on her skills and states plainly that he does not think she is ready for this level yet.
vs Norma Dumont emphatic UFC Fight Night Holm vs Bueno Silva Full Card Breakdown, Analysis, and Predictions (UFC Vegas 77) · July 11, 2023 · 5 reads since
States flatly that she wins comfortably and reaffirms the pick without qualification, his strongest statement of certainty on the card.
A physically strong, forward-pressure fighter with decent striking power and a decent, heavy ground-and-pound grappling game. The analyst does not believe her physicality will be enough to out-muscle Dumont.
vs Julija Stoliarenko clear UFC FIGHT NIGHT: Dern vs Yan Full Card Analysis, Preview, and Prediction · September 28, 2022 · 6 reads since
He calls it a very good pick and says he's pretty confident in it, plus a specific line-value argument (should be shorter odds than currently offered). No hedge on the win itself; the betting-value framing supports rather than caps conviction here.
4-1 pro record built entirely against weak competition ('cans') who never win again afterward. All-offense, no-defense striker who trains with higher-level grappling partners but whose own jiu-jitsu is untested in a real fight. The analyst sees her as unready for this level.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Melissa Croden 2-1 walk-in Submission · R1 4:52 — UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott · October 17, 2026
W Priscila Cachoeira 13-8 walk-in Submission · R1 3:42 — UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim · June 6, 2026
L Joselyne Edwards 14-6 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 2:31 — UFC Fight Night: Machado Garry vs. Prates · April 26, 2025
L Yana Santos 14-8 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Tybura vs. Spivac 2 · August 10, 2024
W Josiane Nunes 10-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura · March 16, 2024
L Norma Dumont 9-2 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno Silva · July 15, 2023
W Julija Stoliarenko 10-6-2 walk-in KO/TKO · R1 4:15 — UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan · October 1, 2022
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Full career — 11 fights, every organization
| Opponent | Method | Event | Org | Rd | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Priscila Cachoeira | Submission (armbar) | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
June 6, 2026 |
UFC | 1 | 3:42 |
| L | Joselyne Edwards | TKO (punches) | UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates
April 26, 2025 |
UFC | 1 | 2:31 |
| L | Yana Santos | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Tybura vs. Spivac 2
August 10, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Josiane Nunes | Decision (unanimous) | UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura
March 16, 2024 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Norma Dumont | Decision (unanimous) | UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Bueno Silva
July 15, 2023 |
UFC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Julija Stoliarenko | TKO (punches) | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan
October 1, 2022 |
UFC | 1 | 4:15 |
| W | Courtney King | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 47
May 11, 2022 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| W | Olivia Parker | Submission (rear-naked choke) | Invicta FC 40
July 2, 2020 |
Invicta FC | 1 | 1:05 |
| W | Brittney Victoria | TKO (punches) | Invicta FC 35
June 7, 2019 |
Invicta FC | 2 | 3:58 |
| W | Mitzi Merry | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 32
November 16, 2018 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
| L | Kerri Kenneson | Decision (unanimous) | Invicta FC 28
March 24, 2018 |
Invicta FC | 3 | 5:00 |
Career history from the fighter's Wikipedia record table (Chelsea Chandler) — results only, no strike stats; UFC bouts are marked and carry full stats in the fight history above.
Division context
Headshot of Chelsea Chandler by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized