Paddy Pimblett is gearing as much as face former UFC light-weight title challenger Michael Chandler at UFC 314. A win could be great for his profession, however in keeping with UFC Corridor of Famer Michael Bisping, ‘The Baddy’ is inside attain of a light-weight title shot.
As issues at the moment stand, Pimblett is ranked simply exterior of the light-weight prime 10 at #12. Nonetheless, beating Chandler, who’s ranked #7, would catapult him properly into the highest 10. Bisping, although, believes that the promotion has a lot larger plans for Pimblett, saying as a lot in a current YouTube video.
“If he will get the job performed towards Michael Chandler, and he simply would possibly do this, if he can do this, I am telling you, Paddy Pimblett might be one combat away from preventing for a belt.”
Take a look at Michael Bisping’s ideas on Paddy Pimblett’s trajectory (6:39):
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A title shot for Pimblett following a win over Chandler and another opponent would not be out of the realm of risk. In actual fact, the UFC has given related preferential remedy earlier than to fighters the promotion sees vital star potential in.
Sean O’Malley is an instance, which ‘The Depend’ identified in his video. ‘Sugar’ spent most of his UFC tenure preventing subpar competitors and stylistically favorable matchups to construct a compelling spotlight reel. Then, after a no-contest towards Pedro Munhoz and a controversial win over Petr Yan, he was granted a title shot.
O’Malley made good of the chance by capturing the bantamweight belt at UFC 292, TKO’ing Aljamain Sterling in spectacular trend. Nonetheless, whether or not it is a risk for Pimblett within the light-weight division relies on his skill to compete with the higher echelon of 155-pounders.
Paddy Pimblett is unbeaten within the UFC
The final time Paddy Pimblett tasted defeat was in late 2018 in a Cage Warriors bout. Since then, he has been an unstoppable power, racking up 8 consecutive wins, six of which have been within the UFC. Among the many opponents he is overwhelmed are motion fighter King Inexperienced and ex-UFC interim light-weight champion Tony Ferguson.
Sadly, the win over Ferguson has aged poorly, as ‘El Cucuy’ was now not the dominant light-weight he as soon as was, and was as an alternative en path to a historic shedding streak that ended with him getting launched from the promotion.
