{"id":400236,"date":"2022-07-29T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=400236"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:43:28","slug":"he-does-leave-his-chin-out-there-ufc-lightweight-contender-drew-dober-lays-out-plan-to-derail-hype-train-paddy-the-baddy-pimblett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/he-does-leave-his-chin-out-there-ufc-lightweight-contender-drew-dober-lays-out-plan-to-derail-hype-train-paddy-the-baddy-pimblett\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He Does Leave His Chin Out There&#8230;&#8217;- UFC Lightweight Contender Drew Dober Lays Out Plan to Derail &#8216;Hype Train&#8217; Paddy &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; Pimblett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight contender Drew Dober spoke out, heading into his UFC 277 bout against Rafael Alves as he aims to make a run up the ladder at lightweight. Dober has looked like a promising prospect, however, his career loss to the upcoming title challenger Islam Makhachev certainly won\u2019t hold him in good stead.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the fact that he\u2019s facing a lesser-known opponent in Alves at UFC 277, Drew Dober has his sights set on the big fish of the lightweight division, namely, Paddy Pimblett. Paddy \u2018The Baddy\u2019 made his mark at UFC London once again and several fighters are keen to face him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Was Drew Dober vs Terrance McKinney the best 1 round fight of 2022 so far? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uPGchEyrZR\">pic.twitter.com\/uPGchEyrZR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BloodyElbow\/status\/1552410500142551043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/sean-omalley-flexes-his-star-power-following-ufc-280-fight-announcement-demands-aljamain-sterling-give-him-50-pay-per-view-points-for-driving-engagement\/\">Sean O\u2019Malley Flexes His Star Power Following UFC 280 Fight Announcement; Demands Aljamain Sterling Give Him 50% Pay-Per-View Points for Driving Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dober went on record saying that he\u2019d happily \u2018collide with that hype train\u2019 if given the opportunity. He recognized everything that Pimblett brings to the table and that seems to motivate Dober even further.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-399297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/image01-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/image01-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/image01-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/image01-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/image01-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to collide with that hype train for sure,\u201d Dober told reporters, including MMA Junkie, during Wednesday\u2019s media day. \u201cO2 Arena? That would be incredible, but yeah, he has a really solid jiu-jitsu game, and he showcased it in the last fight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe does leave his chin out there, which I think that would pose some problems when fighting me, but I\u2019m open and game for the opportunity, and we\u2019ll see what comes up after this on Saturday.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/07\/ufc-drew-dober-looking-fun-fights-like-paddy-pimblett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmajunkie.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI want to collide with that hype train for sure.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewDober?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrewDober<\/a> is &quot;game&quot; to fight Paddy Pimblett \ud83d\ude82<\/p>\n<p>Full <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC277?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC277<\/a> media day scrum \u25b6\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eaWnvSyCo7\">https:\/\/t.co\/eaWnvSyCo7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z1svDC4Unz\">pic.twitter.com\/Z1svDC4Unz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAFighting\/status\/1552749671294111744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Drew Dober also talked about how rankings didn\u2019t play a major role in his quest toward the top. Instead, Dober is keen to face the illustrious stars of the lightweight division and grow his own profile in an organic fashion.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe rankings are cool and everything,\u201d Dober said. \u201cBeing a part of the rankings was incredible, but it\u2019s fighting the stars that I\u2019m more worried about. I don\u2019t care about the number, and the gold is nice, but honestly I just want to be like a Donald Cerrone, Clay Guida, Joe Lauzon. Like those cats who have never held the gold but have fantastic fights throughout their entire career, and I\u2019m gonna chase the title for sure.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drew Dober has certainly shown promise in his UFC career thus far and an emphatic performance on Saturday night could propel hm towards greatness going forward.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC lightweight contender Drew Dober spoke out, heading into his UFC 277 bout against Rafael Alves as he aims to make a run up the ladder at lightweight. Dober has looked like a promising prospect, however, his career loss to the upcoming title challenger Islam Makhachev certainly won\u2019t hold him in good stead. Regardless of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":400237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boston-red-sox","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}