Media Breaking: Paddy vs Gaethje for Interim LW Belt

[Discjockeyshtud]

Buddy you might want to not make promises you can't keep

nobody is chanting Arman at a Paddy fight

Yeah good point if Paddy is jumping 5 ranking spots after beating one ranked guy he'll get finished before the crowd has a chance to get going

 

[b00tysweat]

Yeah good point if Paddy is jumping 5 ranking spots after beating one ranked guy he'll get finished before the crowd has a chance to get going

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post your bet slip if you're so confident

Gaethje in 1?

 

[Discjockeyshtud]

post your bet slip if you're so confident

Gaethje in 1?

Calm down buddeh fight was just announced and the odds aren't for sale just yet, ill be lookin at JG ITD and will have receipts

I'm actually going for Paddy but just cant see it

I bet you have one of those triggered scouser accents

 

[2004 account]

Battle of the babies. Ufc is a joke

 

[Lee Danger]

Paddy isn't a star in the traditional sense, but he probably slightly moves the needle more than the others, especially in the European markets. But yeah, they'd love him to be champ

Maybe in the UK market because the european market doesn't exist as a whole but on single countries: none in Italy, France, Germany or Spain'd buy a card because a brit is in the main event, Europe isn't like the USA.

 

[mkess101]

Gaethje is currently a better striker than Chandler. I won't argue with that. He matches up well with Fisiev for whatever reason and as you said, that was a very short notice fight for Rafael to take. As for takedown defense, I'm not sure. Maybe Justin's is slightly better, but he sets himself up for TDs more often with leg kicks. And there's almost no way he would've survived 5 rounds (much of it on his back) like Chandler did vs. Oliveira.

Paddy fought Chandler just 6 months after the Oliveira fight and dominated him more than Charles did...and finished him. It's the only Chandler fight in the UFC where Michael didn't at least stun his opponent once. You can call it MMA Math or whatever, but it happened. I have a hard time believing a huge version of Paddy (who looks almost like a MW) won't be able to take an old Gaethje down. I mean Luis Palomino had Gaethje in a bit of trouble on the ground in WSOF back when when Justin was in his 20s.

I'm not saying there's no way Paddy gets him down. Just that it's gonna be a bigger challenge than vs Chandler imo.