Rising UFC light-weight contender Paddy Pimblett thrives on animosity.
Via a lot of his profession contained in the Octagon, ‘The Baddy’ has had a status for choosing fights and being overtly obnoxious towards his opponents. A few of it’s for present, however Chael Sonnen believes that it stays an vital a part of Pimblett’s struggle prep.
Discussing Pimblett’s return to motion at UFC 314 towards former Bellator champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler, ‘The American Gangster’ advised that the shortage of “private animosity” between the 2 may pave the way in which for an unusually awkward encounter in Miami.
“The very fact of the awkwardness—like, there are specific guys which have warmth with Paddy ‘The Baddy.’ Chandler shouldn’t be a type of guys,” Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “And Paddy ‘The Baddy’ has all the time used a little bit bit of private animosity as a means of motivating himself. And Paddy will go discover it.
“In case you don’t begin with him, in case you don’t have warmth with him, Paddy will come and assault you simply so that you assault him—simply so he can have some private standing within the struggle. And that’s simply not a part right here.”
Paddy Pimblett and Michael Chandler desperately want a win at UFC 314 for very totally different causes
No matter Pimblett is doing, it actually appears to be working. ‘The Baddy’ is an ideal 6-0 underneath the UFC banner together with his greatest wins coming towards Tony Ferguson and Bobby ‘King’ Inexperienced. If he notches one other W towards Chandler, the Liverpudlian ought to discover himself sitting snugly within the light-weight prime 10 for the primary time.
In the meantime, Chandler shall be searching for his third win contained in the Octagon since making his promotional debut greater than 5 years in the past. Iron’ has gone 2-4 so far together with his solely wins coming towards Dan Hooker and the aforementioned ‘El Cucuy.
To be truthful, Chandler’s losses have come towards some absolute killers within the light-weight division, together with Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, and Charles Oliveira on two separate events. However a win over one in every of MMA’s most talked-about prospects may go a good distance towards getting Chandler’s profession again on monitor.
