On UFC 314 in Miami on April 12, Michael Chandler and Paddy Pimblett will collide in a very lightweight fight.
Earlier this week, UFC Baas, Dana White, made a huge announcement with regard to UFC 314, which showed that Alexander Volkanovski will include Diego Lopes in the main event for the vacant featherweight title.
Together with that, White announced that Michael Chandler is returning to the Octagon to accept the rising competitor, Paddy Pimblett, in a five round Co-Main event in Miami.
This is a fight that apparently has been brewing for a while, because Chandler Pimblett has previously called with the perfect time now.
'Iron' Mike comes from the back of a disappointing loss for Charles Oliveira on UFC 309 after being dominated after five rounds, while 'The Baddy' is a career best performance against Bobby Green.
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Michael Chandler predicts an early finish against Paddy Pimblett
This is apparently the perfect time for the promotion to draw these two 155 pound hunters against each other, because a victory for the Brit would demonstrably bring him to the title.
That said, the 38-year-old American believes that he is at a completely different level than the hunters who fought Pimblett so far during his UFC official period.
“I believe I will put pressure on him, I believe he will immediately know within the first exchange that he will not enter the octagon with Bobby Green, with Tony Ferguson, it's just a different level and I still believe where I am “M at, it's a bad matchup stylistic for him,” said Chandler ESPN MMA.
And with that, Chandler predicts that he will eliminate Pimblett within the first pair of rounds of their five round Co-Main event, which predicts the exact strike that 'The Baddy' will sleep.
“That first time he is hit by one of the most difficult punchers in the UFC Lightweight Division, for which he is not yet standing, it will be a different feeling, it will be a different speed, it will be a cruelty that he did not feel it before .
“I really believe that he now has some momentum, but the Paddy train stops in Miami and he has to go back to the drawing table … I am planning to land some large punches and to finish him early.
“He's going to try to stay away from me and I go slowly and methodically and walk down surgically … He is standing on his back foot, his back will be close to the cage and I will land a right hand or Left hook and explained His lights out within the first pair of rounds, “Chandler predicted.
Pimblett is supported to beat Chandler by fellow British Star
Although Chandler is sure that the scousers lights are switched off within the first few rounds, Pimblett is supported to pick up the victory by colleague -British star, Michael 'Venom' page.
“Chandler is one of the most talented in terms of skills for skills all over the line, so it's a very big leap for Paddy, but it's a profitable fight if Chandler is reckless,” Poker Poker said Poker.
“If Chandler keeps trying to be entertaining and reckless, it is a profitable fight, but I think he will be much more powerful. But again, if he is reckless, Paddy can take the fight from him, “MVP continued.
Since he reached the UFC, Chandler has collected the reputation to be all the action and to be relatively reckless with his style. Pimblett, on the other hand, has received a lot of criticism for his striking defense during his term of office.
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