Paddy Pimblett’s team have been in a position to use Charles Oliveira for instance.
Following their stare down within the cage at UFC 317, it looks like Pimblett shall be difficult Ilia Topuria for the lightweight title within the near future.
Pimblett was critical of Oliveira’s approach to the vacant lightweight title fight that took place this past weekend after ‘Do Bronx’ was stopped in the primary round.
While the fight can have ended quickly, the Brit’s head coach recently spoke about what they were in a position to learn from this matchup before they face ‘El Matador’ next trip.
Somewhat than specializing in what Topuria did right, Pimblett’s team have been in a position to use Oliveira’s performance for instance.
Paddy Pimblett’s coach says Charles Oliveira provided a blueprint of what to not do against Ilia Topuria and Michael Chandler
In a recent interview with Submission Radio, Next Generation MMA’s Paul Rimmer spoke about Paddy Pimblett difficult Ilia Topuria for the lightweight title.
Rimmer stated that the team have already been analyzing ‘El Matador’ for a while after knowing that they’d be facing him soon once the previous featherweight champion moved up a division.
Pimblett’s head coach, who was also critical of Charles Oliveira’s approach at UFC 317, said that ‘Do Bronx’ provides them with blueprint of what to not do when facing Topuria.
Nevertheless, this won’t be the primary time that the Brazilian fan favorite has helped them gain some invaluable insight.
Rimmer also said that they highlighted Oliveira’s mistakes in his previous fight with Michael Chandler at UFC 309 to assist them prepare for UFC 314, where Pimblett stopped Chandler within the third round.
“One of the best thing for us is watching him fight more against lightweights. Charles is an important one for us because he shows you what to not do in quite a lot of fights.
“With the Chandler fight, we watched Charles fight Chandler after which we used a load of stuff that Charles didn’t do in that fight which he should’ve done and we used that to make up the victory within the last one.
“So, we just watched Charles fight Ilia now and there’s quite a lot of stuff you may see that you simply shouldn’t do against Ilia so like I say, we learn continuously.”
Paul Rimmer says Ilia Topuria is less complicated to copy than Paddy Pimblett
While Paul Rimmer believes that one of the best ways for them to interrupt down Ilia Topuria is to see him fight lightweights, there’s not quite a lot of that footage on the market.
That being said, Paddy Pimblett’s coach can be confident that they present a challenge which can be difficult to arrange for.
Rimmer made the argument that as a consequence of Pimblett’s unique style, he’s harder to copy than Topuria.
“Everyone thinks Ilia is that this like unbeatable bogeyman on this division and that you need to fear him and all that form of stuff. But, Paddy’s also on an extended win streak and I can let you know this immediately, should you needed to go and discover a sparring partner that matches exactly what Paddy is and exactly what Ilia is, I’d have the opportunity to search out a greater Ilia than I can a Paddy. I can let you know that immediately.”