Chandler trains only light contact work, avoids full sparring — training partner

Russian lightweight Nikita Kulshin (9-0), who trains alongside Michael Chandler at Kill Cliff FC, says Chandler exclusively does light touch sparring and never engages in full contact sessions at the gym. Kulshin described Chandler as extremely cautious in training — at times asking to have the entire mat to himself for technical drills while others spar around him. Kulshin suggested the contrast between Chandler's restrained gym habits and his all-out cage performances may point to psychological factors.