Michael Chandler vs. Paddy Pimblett?

[mkt]

Paddy was dominant BECAUSE Chandler went through those wars, accumulating tons of mileage on a body that had a ton of wars in Bellator already.

Oliveira fought the same Chandler a few months before that and he didn't dominate him like Paddy did. In fact, Chandler was the only guy who's ever gone 5 full rounds vs. Oliveira.

 

[mkt]

No one has ever dominated Chandler in the UFC like Paddy has

Chandler gave the Sherdog heroes like Charles, Dustin & Justin "wars" while Paddy just destroyed him easily

As far as the UFC is concerned, for that breakout performance against Chandler from Paddy, he gets the title shot against Justin

Yep. People are in denial about this. And for the record, Chandler and Gaethje had a 3-round war (judges gave Chandler one round) and Justin is only 2 years younger than Chandler....so this is logical next fight.

 

[VinceArch]

Oliveira fought the same Chandler a few months before that and he didn't dominate him like Paddy did. In fact, Chandler was the only guy who's ever gone 5 full rounds vs. Oliveira.

Well, he was cheating quite a bit but still, it was a fight that went the full 25 minutes. Cerrone looked good against Plastic Perry, Alex Hernandez and Iaquinta in consecutive fights, a month later he lost to Tony and that began a massive losing streak. Fighters fall off after so many wars.