Paddy Pimblett's win over Michael Chandler diminishes the old guards "aura of invincibility" compared to the new guard, they will lose soon.

one great thing about chandler getting decimated by Paddy is that it proves that the old guard aren't invincible, and that the new gen could actually start destroying them soon there used to be a time (around like mid/late 2023) where the old guard had this aura of invincibility, (Fiziev losing to Justin, Gamrot getting dominated by a guy who'd get smashed by Charles in his next fight) where it looked like the new guard weren't gonna take over any time soon well that aura is starting fade, with Gaethje going life and death with Fiziev AGAIN, Poirier struggling with Benoit who's not that good, Arman beating Charles (honestly dominating him outside of the sub attempts) and one of the worst prospects in Paddy smashing Chandler with ease, it seems that the old guard's days are very limited, us new guard LW lovers are in for a treat in the near future :) Paddy isn't great (lost to Gordon in the eyes of many fans, and struggled bad with mediocre unranked fighters including geriatric Tony), yet he had a much easier time with Chandler than the ustins or even Charles who fought him mere months prior I genuinely believe Manuel Torres would destroy all these guys outside of Islam & Arman, Ruffy can beat Chandler and the ustins maybe, Ignacio can beat all these guys as well, though his defensive wrestling is a little sus so he'd probably lose to Charles, Islam & Arman (though Charles does lack defense, a Nacho KO wouldn't be too outlandish) you also have other killers like Ludovit, Joel, and maybe Orolbai/Zellhuber if they improve looks like the 2022 consensus mma fanbase prophecy of "the new guard of lightweight is coming" is finally coming to fruition, I have no doubt the new guard will destroy the old guys, and that the top 5 will look completely different within the next year would love to hear your opinions on this. submitted by /u/idcman999 [link] [comments]