One of the biggest stars on the Roster continued to climb the lightweight ladder in Miami.
Paddy Pimblett has title ambitions in mind after producing his seventh consecutive victory in the Octagon on 12 April.
In the biggest fight of his career so far, Pimblett has dominated and completed former title -Uitdager Michael Chandler to book his place in the top 10 of the division.
'The Baddy' is now apparently only one victory removed from getting his first chance of UFC Gold, which means that everything that is for him is will be huge.
Pimblett addressed his potential opponents in his interview after the fight with former interim champion Dustin Poirier who was up to the names.
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Dustin Poirier gives astonished reaction to Paddy Pimblett that Michael Chandler stops
A fight between Paddy Pimblett and Dustin Poirier seems somewhat unlikely on the basis of earlier comments from 'The Diamond'.
The 36-year-old plant a final dance before he withdraws with his determination of legends who only disqualifies 'The Baddy' as a potential opponent with fans who are still waiting to find out with whom he will be linked.
In Fight Week it was announced that Poirier would be present for UFC 314 to work as an analyst, where his thoughts about the Co-Main event were particularly interesting because of the fact that he was confronted with Michael Chandler in the past.
He believed that his former enemy would be too much for the controversial rising star given his high-level experience and a knockout power with one punch, an opinion that was not unusual.
Many people were therefore surprised to see that Pimblett not only wins, but the game dominates, even if Chandler is at the end of his career at the moment.
Video images of Poirier's reaction to the end of the fight show that he was one of the many who did not expect the matchup to play in such a one -sided way.
He said nothing in the immediate aftermath, but the lack of words and a light shaking of the head said it all for him before the show started after the fight after the main event.
Paddy Pimblett proved that many people were wrong on UFC 314
There will be questions about Michael Chandler's ability to compete at the highest level of sport at this point in his career, but it is not to be denied that Paddy Pimblett looked impressive on 12 April.
In recent years, he has clearly improved considerably with Chandler's experience, strength and struggling power that the scouser does not test that much.
It was not only Dustin Poirier who apparently could not believe what he saw after Pimblett ruled the ground and pound to get the third round interruption.
'The Baddy' has been a star since he made his debut in the Octagon, but UFC 314 was the night he really arrived.
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