Paddy, who has an Orthodox stance, then saw off Kazula Vargas with a rear naked choke, again in the first round. He made his UFC debut in September 2021, recording a first-round knockout against Luigi Vendramini. However, Pimblett turns into a different animal when he enters the Octagon. “I’ve got this haircut and not a single tattoo.” The scouser has admitted he “looks like the kid next door,” and jokingly compared himself to the stereotypical UFC fighter that boasts big muscles, snarls and tattoos. If there’s a UFC combatant that doesn’t look like a UFC combatant, it’s probably Pimblett. Not long later, the Baddy claimed the Wage Warriors championship until he lost it and moved up to the lightweight division. Pimblett then turned pro in 2012 and held an impressive undefeated record over 3 fights before joining forces with Cage Warriors, where he made his name. By the time he’d joined Next Generation MMA, he knew that a career in mixed martial arts was the road for him. Paddy Pimblett started training in MMA in his mid-teens. Having started out in Cage Warriors, Pimblett - nicknamed Paddy the Baddy - recently submitted Jordan Leavitt in a July Fight Night, and now the world is talking about this explosive scouser who’s already confident enough to reject UFC boss Dana White’s proposal for him to spar next in New York City.īut who is Paddy Pimblett, what’s his career been like so far - and what are the possibilities for this rising star? Paddy Pimblett is a 27-year-old mop-haired, straight-talking English MMA fighter who hails from Liverpool - and who’s currently taking the fighting world by storm. “I’m a scouser - we don't get knocked out.”
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