Paddy Pimblett proved the doubters fallacious once more.
UFC 314 was all about the featherweights, with Alexander Volkanovski beating Diego Lopes to say a vacant title on the high of the cardboard, and Yair Rodriguez, Jean Silva, and Dan Ige all selecting up significant wins. However it’s Pimblett who arguably made probably the most headlines, defeating veteran contender Michael Chandler in dominant style and cementing himself as a high 10 fighter within the light-weight division.
However simply how excessive ought to he go?
Pimblett’s standing led to a surprisingly heated debate among the many MMA Combating rankings panel of Alexander Ok. Lee, Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and E. Casey Leydon and you’ll hearken to it your self in our newest episode of the Rankings Present. Did Pimblett beat a respectable high 10 fighter or was he merely the beneficiary of dealing with the worst model of Chandler we’ve seen contained in the octagon?
Plus, we focus on the movers and shakers at 145 kilos, whether or not the Patricio Pitbull-UFC period got here too late, and rank probably the most intriguing fights of the second quarter of the UFC schedule.
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