Robert Whittaker reveals his Michael Chandler vs. | MMA News
The UFC 314 co-main occasion options an intriguing light-weight match between No. 7 ranked Michael Chandler and No. 12 ranked Paddy Pimblett.
Chandler will enter the combat coming off back-to-back losses and having misplaced 4 of his final 5 fights. Those 4 losses had been to former interim titleholders or undisputed champions: Charles Oliveira (twice), Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. The former three-time Bellator light-weight champion has more expertise than Pimblett and has been in increased profile fights.
Despite Chandler’s expertise benefit and knockout prowess, former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker went with the Englishman to win on Saturday.
“I definitely think Paddy can win. I think he has a path to victory,” Whittaker mentioned on the MMArcade Podcast. “I don’t know if Paddy has ever come across a guy that is as explosive and as athletic as Michael Chandler.
“What retains flashing back to me is Michael Chandler vs. [Dan] Hooker,” Whittaker continued. “And Hooker is so arduous to put away, however the explosiveness, to close that hole. And to be truthful, when Michael Chandler explodes like that, he creates issues for everybody. Even although he misplaced these final two fights, he created issues for Poirier in that first spherical, large issues. He created issues Charles within the final spherical.”
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When Whittaker plays the fight out in his mind, he sees Pimblett rising to the occasion and picking up the biggest win of his career.
“This is the sensation Michael Chandler has given me the previous couple of years. He is so promising. He is so harmful and robust and actually appears like he is about to put the blokes he is preventing away however then one thing occurs and he gasses. He will get drained and he both will get submitted or will get completed,” Whittaker said.
“I reckon Chandler’s going to come back out actually scorching and heavy. He’s going to come back out arduous and fast like he at all times does. He’ll slowly fade. I count on Paddy to begin beating him with quantity. If Chandler goes for a lazy takedown, Paddy, his submission sport is tremendous underrated. That’s how I really feel in regards to the combat. I’ve received Paddy successful.”
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