Paddy Pimblett v Cowboy Cerrone

Paddy is dog shit, sloppy as fuck and average grappling. Unless Cowboy has dropped off even worse he handles Paddy.
 
Cerrone is washed but he was once extremely high level. I get the impression he could still strangle a lot of young reckless fighters.
With Conor, I'm still shocked he let McGregor off after the Dublin man missed by a country mile with a left hand and he seemed to refuse to just take him down. Bizarrely staying in the clinch eating shoulders.
This remains highly suspicious to me to this day. When Perry and Hernandez pissed him off he submitted both of them.
It depends I guess if Cerrones mum likes his opponent.
 
Rozpylacz said:
that would be bad matchmaking. cerrone isnt even a gatekeeper anymore. he's literally just a senior half retired fighter atm ,they should give him someone in similar position.

but on the other hand pambi plamblet is a bit overrated atm.

also doesnt make sense for cerrone to go back to 155 lol.
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The UFC never gives retiring fighters with name value an easy fight. They use their name to help build up hot prospects. They tried to do the same thing with Nate Diaz, by putting him in with Khamzat.
 
Sean Ryan said:
Cerrone is washed but he was once extremely high level. I get the impression he could still strangle a lot of young reckless fighters.
With Conor, I'm still shocked he let McGregor off after the Dublin man missed by a country mile with a left hand and he seemed to refuse to just take him down. Bizarrely staying in the clinch eating shoulders.
This remains highly suspicious to me to this day. When Perry and Hernandez pissed him off he submitted both of them.
It depends I guess if Cerrones mum likes his opponent.
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I see what you mean but in all fairness, Perry is a jobber and Hernandez is a borderline 'good' fighter and neither of them have proper shut-out punching power......well, Conor doesn't either, but when they fought he at least had the aura that he still had that KO power and the arrogance behind it likely wilted Cerrone who has always been a flake when confronted by a "walk forward, be arrogant" type fighter.

Hernandez and Perry try to have that attitude, but few fall for it. Conor at least used to be 'that guy' and so I can see why he intimidated Cerrone like that.
 
The_Renaissance said:
I see what you mean but in all fairness, Perry is a jobber and Hernandez is a borderline 'good' fighter and neither of them have proper shut-out punching power......well, Conor doesn't either, but when they fought he at least had the aura that he still had that KO power and the arrogance behind it likely wilted Cerrone who has always been a flake when confronted by a "walk forward, be arrogant" type fighter.

Hernandez and Perry try to have that attitude, but few fall for it. Conor at least used to be 'that guy' and so I can see why he intimidated Cerrone like that.
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Hernandez and Perry both talked a bunch of shit to Cerrone, and he didn't like it, especially with Hernandez, so he taught them a lesson. Perry 's trash talk was more funny than intimidating, but Cowboy had a real beef with Jackson's picking Perry over so had something to prove.

 
From a business standpoint, I completely understand this strategy of feeding older stars to young prospects. But as a fan, it’s hard to watch.
 
Hellowhosthat said:
Lol at people thinking Cowboy has no chance against Paddy Pimblett.
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I won't rule him out myself, but man, Cowboy has looked especially old and fragile recently. Where are you liking Cowboy's chances in this fight? From what I've seen Paddy leaves his chin out quite often. The ground game could be interesting but not sure either will have interest in taking it there.
 
Sean Ryan said:
Cerrone is washed but he was once extremely high level. I get the impression he could still strangle a lot of young reckless fighters.
With Conor, I'm still shocked he let McGregor off after the Dublin man missed by a country mile with a left hand and he seemed to refuse to just take him down. Bizarrely staying in the clinch eating shoulders.
This remains highly suspicious to me to this day. When Perry and Hernandez pissed him off he submitted both of them.
It depends I guess if Cerrones mum likes his opponent.
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McGregor is explosive your margin for error and all that. McGregor switched quickly into the shoulder strikes and Cowboy was stunned clearly. What was Cowboy meant to do, Conor had a clear strength advantage close range, his nose was busted and pulling back as we saw was detrimental, it’s just a bad match up for him. I’d even say that version of McGregor prob beats Poirer too on that night, who knows ultimately but he looked strong, focused, excited to be there.
 
Add me to the list of posters ITT who thinks Cerrone wins. Seems that Paddy's debut (and his personality) has inflated perceptions of how good he is.
 
loool why are so many people saying paddy will win?

cowboy is gonna whoop that boy's ass.

alex hernandez part deux
 
Cowboy wins this. I don’t bet often but if the odds look good and there’s another gift on the card then I’m going in.

My guess is by triangle after he takes paddy’s legs away.
 
LoveMyMMA said:
loool why are so many people saying paddy will win?

cowboy is gonna whoop that boy's ass.

alex hernandez part deux
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hope your right. love cowboy, he is gangster as it gets.

cowboy starts off slow. i think paddy is going to overwhelm him with pressure.

if cowboy can dictate the pace he will do well.

from what i have seen, paddy has no fear, and is coming to brawl.
 
Cowboy can win if he shows up in his best Form. But we all know he won't and hasn't in years.
 
Following in the GOAT's footsteps, Paddy is on the right track to become the next one.
 
Paddy isn’t that good. Cerrone is shot. But cerrone’s experience is gonna pull him through.
 
Red_Negan said:
McGregor is explosive your margin for error and all that. McGregor switched quickly into the shoulder strikes and Cowboy was stunned clearly. What was Cowboy meant to do, Conor had a clear strength advantage close range, his nose was busted and pulling back as we saw was detrimental, it’s just a bad match up for him. I’d even say that version of McGregor prob beats Poirer too on that night, who knows ultimately but he looked strong, focused, excited to be there.
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I thought he looked wild. That left hand was as bad as it gets. Cerrone should have taken him down immediately, instead he just froze. Then he got shoulders. Even then he just accepted them.
Cerrone freezing in a big fight is nothing new I guess but it was bizarre.
 
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