UFC 282 main card preview: Is the Paddy Pimblett Show ready for PPV?

Paddy Pimblett celebrating his win over Jordan Leavitt at UFC London.The UFC is upping the ante on the Paddy Pimblett Show. The brash Englishman is getting a big spotlight by getting the co-main event slot of a PPV card. Given the attention he manages to attract, it actually makes a lot of sense for the UFC to put him there. The funny thing about it, a reasonable case could be made that he’s the worst fighter on the main card of UFC 282. I’m not going to advocate one way or another on that idea, he’s a very curious case for the UFC. While he appears to be a future star, there’s a major question of whether he has the talent to hang with the elite. Pimblett isn’t fighting the elite of the lightweight division at this juncture, so that isn’t something that needs to be hypothesized, at least not yet. However, there’s reason to believe Jared Gordon could upend Pimblett, long before the charismatic Pimblett can get anywhere near the top of the division. Throw in the return of former title contender Darren Till and a clash of two of the hottest risers in the featherweight division, the PPV main card appears to be acceptable.

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