Sean O’Malley sees massive potential in fellow UFC star Paddy Pimblett.
Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on Michael Chandler (23-9 MMA, 2-4 UFC) in Saturday’s five-round UFC 314 co-headliner (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) at Kaseya Middle in Miami.
Former multiple-time Bellator champion and former UFC title challenger Chandler will mark Pimblett’s sternest check so far. Whereas most are trying on the matchup as extra useful to Pimblett, ex-UFC bantamweight champ O’Malley thinks Chandler has an equal quantity to realize with a win.
“Paddy vs. Michael Chandler is such an attention-grabbing combat,” O’Malley mentioned on his “TimboSugarShow” podcast. “Michael Chandler is such a gangster for taking that combat. If he beats Paddy, that’s nonetheless a giant win – perhaps not in some folks’s eyes, however Paddy is f*cking expert. What he did to Bobby Inexperienced was tremendous. It’s a giant combat.
“Michael Chandler is a beast for taking that combat. Paddy’s a beast. Paddy, what he desires to do is climb the rankings. I believe that combat makes a lot sense. I don’t know who wins, both. I really feel prefer it’s going to be very aggressive. … (Pimblett is) very sharp and he’s very expert.”
Pimblett entered the UFC’s light-weight rankings after notching a fast, first-round submission of King Inexperienced at UFC 304 final July. Chandler then again, has misplaced 4 of his previous 5, and back-to-back to Dustin Poirier and Charles Oliveira.
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