Paddy Pimblett finally gets his breakthrough fight while in April he accepts dynamite attack Michael Chandler in the Co-Main event of UFC 314 in Miami.
Pimblett-Chandler was one of the many announcements of UFC CEO Dana White, who also revealed that Ilia Topuria is leaving his featherweight throne and that Jack della Maddalena will be the first Welterweight title defense of Belal Muhammad.
Currently the number 12 lightweight, Pimblett has waited for his chance to break in at the top places, with a six-fight UFC-winning series. On the other hand, Chandler drives a two-party losing series and has won two of his six UFC performances.
'Iron Mike' did not prevent this from piercing holes in Pimblett's UFC Ascension.
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“Very different ball game,” Michael Chandler thinks that 25 -minute fights will uncover the weaknesses of Paddy Pimblett
Chandler has had thirteen five -round fights in his professional career, which is more than half of the fights that Pimblett has in general. He believes that the pace of 25 minutes will be too much for his British opponent. Chandler described these “deep waters” in an interview with ESPN MMAs Brett Okamoto on February 21.
“Of course he was fallen in his UFC debut. . . I think he's lost [the Jared Gordon fight]'Chandler noticed. “I think he faded in the Tony Ferguson fight, and now he is locked up for 25 minutes in the cage against one of the most wild guys in the lightweight division.
“I can fight for 50 minutes, let alone 25 minutes. . . . These will be deep waters that he has never been to. . . . I prepare perfectly for; It will be a completely different ball game if you sit there for 25 minutes. “
The American wrestler can overlook Pimblett's Three Cage Warriors title fights, in which two went the full 25 minutes. 'The Baddy' defeated UFC veteran Julian Erosa in his first cage Warriors featherweight title defense, which was a 25-minute fight.
Paddy Pimblett's Rocky UFC career
So far, Chandler has made a fair evaluation of Pimblett's UFC -Run. The Liverpudlian hunter made his long-awaited debut against Luigi Vendramini at UFC Vegas 36 in September 2021, where he was almost finished in the opening series by a crushing left hand.
Pimblett recovered nicely to secure the knockout – and an implementation bonus – to put his name on the map.
After this, Pimblett took another relatively unknown hunter, Rodrigo Vargas, who also landed as desired, who turned Pimblett's bonnet on his axis with a fixed right hand. Pimblett has grounded his opponent before reaching a finish, but the fan sentiment for Pimblett was not too high, seen how much he was cut against UFC competition at a low level.
Pimblett won a nice victory against Jordan Leavitt before entering his most controversial fight against Jared Gordon on UFC 282. Pimblett's unanimous decision victory on Gordon is considered one of the most controversial scores of 2023. 24/24 media media media scored the struggle for Gordon and 90.3 percent of 3,256 scor cards for fans worked in favor of the American, according to MMA – decisions.
Since this fight, Pimblett has achieved two more victories. Fans have pointed to 'The Baddy's' tendency to let his chin hang on striking exchanges and his habit of dropping his hands when entering the reach with Jabs and back. Gordon has caught well in this by sliding the puncture and tearing Pimblett with upper hand strikes – which happens to be the preferred method of Chandler.
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