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          UFC 262 expert picks: Michael Chandler or Charles Oliveira? Hard to predict the next lightweight champ

          • Marc RaimondiMay 14, 2021, 11:50 AM
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              Marc Raimondi's first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn't his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book "Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling's New World Order Changed America," which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025. Raimondi also worked for the New York Post and Newsday, beginning in 2009, covering high school and college sports, plus the NFL, NFL, MLB and NHL.
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          Will Brooks is one of only three people to finish Michael Chandler. In a fight for the Bellator lightweight title in November 2014, Brooks stopped Chandler via TKO even though Chandler didn't even fall down.