Yeah, I can't believe the consensus is that this is a lay up for Pimblett. Paddy was saved by a bad, bad decision against the likes of...Jared Gordon, I believe.
Sure, Tony's on a 6 fight skid but those are 6 losses to the cream of the crop. The worst competition was Bobby Green, who is way better than Pimblett. Tony dropped Gaethje, took a round off Chandler while looking like a killer, was winning the exchanges against Green before getting poked in the eye. People love to discredit Nate because he lost to Conor, but there's no shame in losing to Diaz. Nate had the WW king on the ropes ffs (after getting dominated, yes).
Paddy is nowhere near the level of any of the aforementioned. Yes, this is the best time for Paddy to fight El Cooky, but it's still a gigantic jump in competition for him.