Israel Adesanya has been criticized for his performance at UFC 271 as it seemed like the champion didn't put himself in danger and played it safe. Michael Chandler was one of the people criticizing the champion.

Michael Chandler didn't seem satisfied with the champion's offense at UFC 271. The lightweight wanted to see Israel Adesanya take more risk and make it a fun fight against Robert Whittaker.

“For as dominant as Izzy is, he isn’t overly offensive,” Chandler wrote on Twitter. “We playing a game or are we fighting? Asking for a friend. Touch butt. Trust me, I love Izzy. But we have gotten to a point where a dominant champ just needs to stand there, throw a few shots per round and he will not lose unless he gets caught and he will always get the nod. Izzy got paid on this last contract. Go FIGHT, don’t you dare spar.”

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Michael Chandler makes it clear he doesn't want to see an all-out brawl, but he does want to see more out of Israel Adesanya. The fight at UFC 271 was very technical and there were some mixed reactions to it.

“I’m not advocating ‘banging’ over ‘tactically fighting,’ all I’m trying to advocate for is a spirit of inflicting dominance in the face of danger,” Chandler continued after a firestorm of rebuttals. “Don’t play it safe. Take more chances. I don’t need you to plod forward with reckless abandon but have a little anger in your heart. All in all, UFC 271 was absolutely superb. Thank y’all. See you at the top!”