Paddy Pimbelett has officially arrived as a light title candidate.
The CO-PRINCIPAL event of the UFC 314 presented on Saturday a light confrontation with high issues between the PIMBELETT in England and the main perennial competitor Michael Chandler. Given 25 minutes to work, Pimbett needed less than three full rounds to Finish the former Bellator Triple champion with Savage Ground and Pound.
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After his most significant and impressive victory to date, Pimbett has called his shot and targeted a light opponent among the first five. Once behind the scenes, however, he was triple challenger of the Welter Colby Covington weight title which came to seek a fight, interrupting the media tricks after the battles of Pimbelett and causing a brief excitement.
“M. out of words, trying to remain relevant. Whopper F *** ING,” said Pimbett about the Post-Combat press conference of the UFC 314. “He just came, started to discuss S *** because he saw that there was a camera. Come, started to say:” Ah, you fight scrubs. “He said that Chandler is 2-4 or something.
“I saw him at Power Slap the other week and passed in front of him. Watch him and he just looked at the ground like the little boy P *** he is. When there is a camera there, he tries to say something. But he was attached. We all terrorized him.”
In addition to being in a completely different weight category of Pimbett, Covington has also lost two games in a row and has not won a fight since March 2022. It is not on the Pimbett radar, and it should not either.
However, the interaction has proven that one of the predictions before the combinations of Pimbett True: he swore that he would always be welcomed with detractors, no matter how badly he had a flaw against Chandler. And this is already materializing.
“Each fight I have, the goal positions are moved,” said Pimbett. “It is one of them. I am used to it. I said it before the fight:” Once I beat it, people will be like, ah, he had 2-4 at the UFC, he is washed, he is 38 years old. “So they will probably say the same thing, but I don't give a F *** flying.
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Pimbett, 30, has called for several potential funny clashes now, he is maintained in the top 10, targeting Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan.
All these fights work for “The Baddy”, assuming that he does not jump directly into a title shot.
As for a more generic opportunity, it would also be open to fighting one of its skeptics at the UFC 314: Conor McGregor, which publicly bet $ 500,000 on a victory at Knockout Chandler.
“Everyone can get it. Even McGregor,” said Pimbett. “Put money on Chandler to win, Mond. The Irish connection.
“I didn't think he would go against me, to be honest. I thought he would support me, Mond. No return chandler. One of them, innit? What happened there, boy? … If he wants to come back, I will be here in the meantime.”
A person who does not doubt Pimbett is his boss, the CEO of the UFC, Dana White. After the swinging domination of Pimbett over the chandler still dangerous, White sang the British praises and promised that he was on an upward trend with his future matchmaking.
“People continue to count it, but he continues to appear better and better every time he presents himself,” said White. “Paddy Pimbelett showed this evening that he was the real deal. Beat Michael Chandler and beat him as he did, I don't know how you can doubt the child.
“He is now where he will fight the best guys.”
