UFC lightweight fighter Paddy Pimblett has expressed his belief that Ilia Topuria, the former champion of the featherweight division, was intentionally matched against convenient opponents during his ascent in the promotion.
Pimblett elaborated on his viewpoint, stating, “I think he was matched with convenient opponents. You look at the opponents he’s fought: Holloway barely made weight for featherweight after coming down from lightweight, Volkanovski had been knocked out just three months before fighting him, Emmett was already 37 years old, and Bryce Mitchell is not a striker.”
He concluded his assessment by suggesting, “Chandler would have beaten them all, and I probably would have beaten them too.”
