English Paddy Pimblett will have one of his hardest tests at UFC 314, next Saturday (12), against the former champion Michael Chandlerin a fight of five lightweight rounds at the Kaseya Center in Miami, United States.
Pimblet, 30, is unbeaten in his career by the UFC and is the current 12th place in the ranking of the division, and can steal the seventh place occupied precisely by Chandler, rival of this event.
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The moment of the English promise, professional since 2012 and former Cage Warriors champion, has been drawing the attention of specialized observers and commentators.
Commentator Jon Anik, who will be part of the official broadcast of the event alongside Joe Rogan and former fighter Daniel Cormier, believes Pimblet can have an even more successful future at UFC.
“All that Paddy Pimblet has to do is a title fight to become a global superstrela,” Anik told MMA Junkie.
Commentator puts Brazilian on the way to Pimblett
“He doesn’t have to win the championship. He needs to win these next two fights. If he can beat Michael Chandler, Superrestrela’s status can be achieved,” he continued, citing a Brazilian as a big challenge for English.
Jon Anik, about a possible fight between Pimblet and Bronxs
If he beats Charles Oliveira? My God!
Charles do Bronxs is the current second placed from the pesos-peso division. The current leader of the group is Russian-Armenian, Arman Tsarukyan.
“Many fans would like to see a fight between Paddy Pblet and Charles Oliveira, and I think this is the hardest guy for him to hit, after Islam Makhachev,” he argued.
Anik also remembered the trajectory of Pimblet, who built a career at Cage Warriors before closing with the UFC.
“He could have come to UFC when Joe Silva called him at 21, he could have come when he was 23 years old, but waited, arrived at the right time,” he says.