With Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett being the primary fundamental event of the yr, several stars have shared their opinions on the fight.
This coming Saturday, the premier MMA promotion lands in Las Vegas for his or her first event of the yr with UFC 324 headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett.
With it being such a high profile fight, when it was announced by UFC boss Dana White it received a whole lot of criticism, with a big portion of the fanbase claiming that neither fighter is deserving of a title shot.
‘The Baddy’ is coming into what’s guaranteed to be the hardest test of his profession to date having not scored a win over any fighter currently ranked contained in the top 10 of the lightweight division.
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Islam Makhachev, Dustin Poirier and others provide their predictions
The UFC 324 fundamental event is amazingly high profile not only since it could determine who will tackle Ilia Topuria next, but additionally since it is the primary fundamental event of the brand new take care of Paramount.
And with that, several current UFC stars have been sharing their predictions for the fight which just about guarantees fireworks.
The previous king of the division, Islam Makhachev picked Gaethje to beat ‘The Baddy’ of their highly-anticipated clash, when he was asked about it by Match Boets.
The Russian has previously been linked to fight each Gaethje and Pimblett when he was still within the lightweight division.
In actual fact, Pimblett threatened Makhachev calling him a ‘little bum’ after Makhachev criticised the Brit, stating that he’s not a ‘real challenge’ for the present lightweight champion, Topuria.
Recently retired lightweight star Dustin Poirier also provided his prediction for the fight, picking ‘The Highlight’ handy Pimblett his first loss within the UFC.
“It’s a fun fight, I’m leaning towards Justin, but we’ll see,” he told The Ariel Helwani show.
“I just think Justin has been in those 25-minute fights, he’s been in dog fights before, I feel Paddy’s gonna have a troublesome time stopping him on the feet and I don’t think Paddy’s gonna have the option to get him down so he’s gonna should fight with him.
“Justin is an even bigger puncher and he’ll put himself in harms method to land certainly one of them shots, it’s tough to avoid him for 25 minutes.”
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Other UFC stars predict the UFC 324 fundamental event
Other fighters to share their predictions for the UFC 324 fundamental event include Dan Hooker, Belal Muhammad, and Colby Covington.
“If I used to be in a position to bet on fighting, this looks like a smash bot on Gaethje because everybody is on Paddy but I feel Justin continues to be a troublesome dog… I feel he’s gonna put Paddy to the test,” Covington told Submission Radio.
“No (I don’t agree with Paddy being the favourite), Gaethje’s takedown defense is pretty sharp, I don’t see him (taking Gaethje down). We haven’t seen Paddy get in there that always and blend it up with one of the best guys of their prime,” Hooker also said in an interview with Submission Radio.
“My pick, I feel I’m going to go together with Justin. I feel Paddy just gets hit loads on the feet… I feel I’m going to choose Justin on this one,” the previous welterweight champion Muhammad said on his breakdown on his YouTube Channel.
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