UFC: After Winning TKO Over Michael Chandler, Paddy Pimblett Challenges Charles Oliveira

JAKARTA British MMA fighter Paddy Pimblett won the biggest victory of his career. The boy-sanded man won round 3 TKO over senior US fighter Michael Chandler in the UFC 134 performance at the Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, USA, Sunday 13 April 2025.

This is Pimblett's 7th win at the UFC. Since moving to the world's largest MMA promoter of Cage Warriors, Pimblett has unbeaten. That's why he is now looking for bigger challenges in the lightweight class.

"I want to become a world champion, but want to beat former world champion Charles Oliveira first. He is touted as the greatest submission specialist, which is why I want to try it out," Pimblett said (30), quoted by the BBC.

Pimblett, who comes from Liverpool, feels he has the ability to subscribe, fights with a lower technique, better than Oliveira. Meanwhile, in the eyes of MMA addict Oliveira (35 years old) is said to have the best submission technique in the world.

Oliveira, who is from Brazil, still holds the record for the most submission wins at the UFC, 21 times. Meanwhile, of Pimblett's seven victories at the UFC, he won three times via submission.

Before the duel against Chandler (38 years), Pimblett did say he wanted to face one more fight if he won. After that, he will challenge the lightweight world champion in 2026. The current UFC lightweight champion is held by Dagestan fighter, Russia, Islam Makhachev.