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Paddy Pimblett Boasts Impressive 23-3 Record With 10 Submissions, Seven Knockouts & Unbeaten UFC Resumé
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As one of the most popular British MMA fighters today and a genuine lightweight contender, we have decided to take a deep dive into the MMA career of Paddy Pimblett. Read on to find out more about his MMA resumé, his UFC record and previous fights.
Paddy Pimblett Record
Paddy Pimblett turned professional back in 2012 with a Round 1 knockout debut victory in his hometown of Liverpool. Since then, Pimblett has had another 25 professional MMA fights, winning all but three of them.
After fighting 19 times in other organisations such as Cage Warriors and Full , ‘Paddy The Baddy’ signed with Dana White and the UFC before making his debut in September 2021.
Up to now, Paddy Pimblett’s MMA career has been nothing short of magnificent. At 30-years-old he still has plenty of time left to achieve what he has set out to do. But for now, the Liverpudlian has barely put a foot wrong in the cage in his career that has spanned over 13 years now.
Pimblett is now ranked inside the Top 10 in the UFC Lightweight Rankings, and will aim to break into the Top 5 in his next fight. If he continues winning and looking good doing so, Pimblett could well fight for UFC gold in 2026 if things go his way.
That being said, he still has a long way to go between now and competing for the UFC Lightweight Title, but is more than capable and continues to get better and better fight after fight.
There is still a long time to go in the MMA career of Paddy Pimblett, of that there is no doubt. Dana White most definitely has a UK star on his hands, alongside Tom Aspinall who are the two who have taken over since Michael Bisping, Leon Edwards and even Darren Till.
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The Paddy Pimblett UFC Record Sits At 7-0 With Five Stoppage Wins
As previously mentioned, Paddy Pimblett made his MMA debut back in 2012 as a 17-year-old. He won via knockout in the first round before winning his next two fights via submission and knockout respectively. Pimblett’s fourth fight was then his Cage Warriors debut.
On debut in Cage Warriors, Pimblett won via decision. However, he lost his second fight to Cameron Else which meant after five fights his MMA record stood at 4-1. After that defeat ‘The Baddy’ went on a nine fight winning run spanning over two-and-a-half years.
During this run, Pimblett became the Cage Warriors Featherweight Champion. He defended the belt once after winning it before then losing the title in what was his second MMA defeat in his 15th professional fight.
That was the end of the sco at featherweight, moving up to 155-pounds where he made his lightweight debut in February 2018. After moving to 14-2, Pimblett then suffered the third defeat of his MMA career in his 17th fight. That remains his last defeat inside the cage.
The 30-year-old was beaten in a vacant Cage Warriors Lightweight Title fight before then bouncing back with two victories. He then signed with the UFC and was set to make his debut in September 2021.
Pimblett’s debut went according to plan, winning via knockout whilst securing a ‘Performance of the Night’ UFC bonus. His next UFC fight also resulted in victory, this time via submission. A second successive ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus was once again secured.
The loud Liverpudlian the moved to 19-3 and 3-0 in the UFC with a third successive stoppage victory. This win once again earned ‘Paddy The Baddy’ a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus. It’s fair to say from there it was clear that Dana White had a star on his hands.
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Paddy Pimblett’s Fight Record Consists Of 10 Submissions & Seven KO’s In 22 Career Victories
In December 2022, Paddy Pimblett won for the first time via decision in the UFC. He beat Jared Gordon at UFC 282 in Vegas in a fight that many people had him losing. That being said, he got the win and remained undefeated in the UFC.
Pimblett had just one fight in 2023 and it was another huge step up. ‘The Baddy’ faced Tony Ferguson at UFC 296 in a fight that the best UFC betting sites were billing as a real crossroads fight. It was Pimblett who got the job done in the end with a relatively comfortable unanimous decision victory.
After that came a win over Bobby King Green. Pimblett won the fight via triangle choke in Round 1 of their lightweight contest, securing another ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus on the huge UFC 304 pay-per-view show.
Then came Pimblett’s most dominant and destructive performance last time out. ‘The Baddy’ stopped former UFC Lightweight Title challenger Michael Chandler in Round 3, battering the American the entire fight before the stoppage. This was a big step up for the sco, but one he ed with flying colours.
That victory has set up a potentially huge end to the year and 2026 for Pimblett. The 30-year-old is firmly on the rise and looks to be getting better every time he steps foot in the octagon.
That takes us up to now in the MMA career of Paddy Pimblett. As his record suggests, he is a quality fighter and is firmly on an upward trajectory in the UFC.
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