As Paddy Pimblett’s fight with Michael Chandler looms, there is one fact, statistic, element – word it however you will – that stands out. It confirms the reality of something once deemed near-impossible.
As the lightweights prepare to share the cage at UFC 314, for a maximum of five rounds in Saturday’s co-main event, Pimblett is the betting favourite. The loudmouthed Liverpudlian, his face often nothing but a flash of toothy grin under a lolloping mop of blonde-but-Beatlesesque hair, is the favourite to beat a former three-time world champion.
