Michael Bisping believes some adjustments could\u2019ve been a difference maker for Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324.<\/p>\n
Pimblett fought Justin Gaethje for the interim UFC Lightweight Championship this past Saturday. \u201cThe Baddy\u201d had his moments, but he took a lot of damage from \u201cThe Highlight\u201d throughout the final fight of UFC\u2019s debut card on Paramount+. Gaethje took home the unanimous decision win<\/a> and the interim gold.<\/p>\n When discussing the fight on TNT Sports<\/a>, Bisping shared his belief that Pimblett needed to make some defensive adjustments (via Bloody Elbow<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cBut if I\u2019m talking about the fight strategically, I mean, listen, Paddy was great with the heart and everything and he rocked him and the uppercuts were beautiful and he caught him with some shots later on in the rounds as Justin was coming forward.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I wish he put his chin down a little bit and brought his hands up a little bit. And I know that\u2019s his style, and he gets away with it, and my word, has he got a chin and I\u2019m impressed so I\u2019m not talking trash.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s like there could\u2019ve just been a few better defensive things and maybe we\u2019d have had a different result here.\u201d<\/p>\n This is Pimblett\u2019s first defeat under the UFC banner. It\u2019s also his first pro MMA loss since Sept. 2018. Pimblett had been riding a nine-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n While Pimblett will need to go back to the drawing board, Gaethje is looking forward to a lightweight title unification bout against Ilia Topuria. Some fans were hoping that Pimblett would emerge victorious to finally share the Octagon with Topuria. The two have had bad blood for the past few years, and Topuria ripped<\/a> Pimblett\u2019s efforts at UFC 324.<\/p>\n Do you think Paddy Pimblett can make a strong comeback following the loss to Justin Gaethje? Let us know in the comment section below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping believes some adjustments could\u2019ve been a difference maker for Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324. Pimblett fought…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-439282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}