Paddy Pimblett bolstered his world title ambitions with a spectacular efficiency at UFC 314.
Pimblett dominated Chandler from begin to end and the referee was pressured to cease the competition following brutal ground-and-pound from the Liverpudlian in spherical three.
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Pimblett is now undefeated in seven straight UFC bouts and arguably only one battle away from a world title shot as he left Chandler bloodied and crushed.
He was the No.12 ranked light-weight earlier than UFC 314, however victory means he’ll surge above Chandler and steal his seventh spot.
“Actually every little thing I’ve labored with my staff, all of the battle run-throughs we have performed, has simply occurred right here,” Pimblett informed Joe Rogan after his win.
“That is how we win: we gameplan, we use our battle IQ, and we beat m*****f*****s up. [I want] anybody within the high 4, high 5. I would like that world title.
‘The Baddy’, who stated his UFC 314 bout could be his hardest but, then named the likes of Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier as all potential future opponents after his win.
“Charles is the most important legend out of all of them, and he will get referred to as the perfect submitting artist the UFC’s ever seen. Effectively, I dispute that, I am right here,” he added.
All three of these lightweights have a victory over Chandler, who has now misplaced three UFC fights on the bounce, and has only one win in his final six bouts.
In addition they sit on the high light-weight rankings, with Dan Hooker, Max Holloway, Arman Tsarukyan and champion Islam Makhachev making up the remainder.
Pimblett and Tsarukyan exchanged verbal blows on-line forward of UFC 314 and the Armenian is also an acceptable future opponent.
Pimblett, a former Cage Warriors champion, made his UFC debut in September 2021, knocking out Luigi Vendramini within the first spherical.
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He then picked up back-to-back submission victories over Kazula Vargas and Jordan Leavitt in 2022, earlier than going the space and choosing up wins over Jared Gordon and UFC legend Tony Ferguson.
The Merseyside-born stat then picked up an announcement submission victory over King Inexperienced in Manchester final July, which was his final battle earlier than UFC 314.
A win towards Oliveira, Poirier or Gaethje would earn Pimblett a title shot.
The 30-year-old might even discover himself in that place if one of many above names discovered themselves injured or needed to withdraw from a bout.
Pimblett appeared enormous in comparison with Chandler when the pair emerged for spherical one and the previous appeared to swipe the American to the canvas with highly effective leg kicks.
Chandler stepped in swinging like his standard self because the Miami crowd chanted ‘USA, USA’ when he dragged to the ground, earlier than being placed on discover by the Liverpuflian with some nasty elbows.
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‘Iron’ landed his personal huge photographs within the alternate, till Pimblett jumped for a triangle choke and it was damaged up with 90 seconds left on the clock.
The American continued to point out his with a thunderous jab, however Pimblett was 16-2 up on the numerous strikes and went on the assault when the primary bell sounded.
It was clear Pimblett had made an enormous enchancment in his hanging as spherical two started and the Liverpool man landed a number of stunning mixtures.
Nevertheless, his momentum was dropped at an abrupt halt when Chandler caught him with a low blow and replays of the present would’ve had UFC followers squirming.
Chandler then took Pimblett down, however the latter received straight again up, earlier than ‘Iron’ briefly took his opponent’s again, and when ‘The Baddy’ escaped the group went nuts.
Simply earlier than the second spherical bell went Pimblett almost had Chandler with an arm triangle and rear bare choke, however the Nashville native managed to outlive.
Chandler didn’t survive for lengthy nonetheless, as Pimblett simply saved on enhancing because the rounds went on.
Firstly of spherical three, Pimblet smelt blood and Chandler couldn’t cease leaking crimson pink as soon as the Merseyside-star cracked him with a wonderfully timed knee.
Chandler appeared bloodied and battered as Pimblett’s strikes finally despatched him crashing to the ground.
Pimblett then mounted Chandler and the referee referred to as a cease to the competition because the Liverpudlian launched into a savage ground-and-pound that appeared completely brutal.