Heading into UFC 314, many believed lightweight star Paddy Pimblett was facing his toughest test. “The Baddy” took former title challenger Michael Chandler in the fight card’s co-main event and largely dominated the former three-time Bellator lightweight champion. It wasn’t that Pimblett beat Chandler, it was how he did it. He won the striking exchanges, controlled Chandler on the ground and eventually punched and elbowed his way to a third-round TKO finish. It was an impressive display that earned Pimblett a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus . Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has been impressed with Pimblett for some time and believes Pimblett rises to the occasion. “Paddy is outstanding,” Whittaker said on the MMArcade Podcast . “Since he switched on and starting putting a beating on people, since he stopped mucking around as much, I just love seeing what he’s doing
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Former UFC Champion: ‘Michael Chandler got manhandled’ – MMA Weekly