Besides being an absolute beast inside the UFC octagon, Paddy Pimblett is an eating machine outside of it. The top lightweight prospect is infamous for gaining massive weight after his fights. While Pimblett enjoys his downtown away from the octagon, he has now started ballooning himself to the fullest. This time, some chicken wings were the victims of Paddy Pimblett’s desire.
Pimblett and his family visited Furusato Bar & Grill in Liverpool, United Kingdom. During their dinner, Pimblett hoped to shatter the restaurant record of 36 chicken wings munched in one sitting. If anyone in the UFC can do it from lower weight classes, it is indeed the British rising star. Surprisingly, ‘The Baddy’ not only smashed the record but ended up eating a whopping 47 chicken wings.
I’m just a big fat bastard.
Paddy Pimblett via his YouTube channel
After going past the local record with flying colors, Pimblett then sat down to eat the dessert. He last fought at UFC 304, where he defeated King Green via submission in the very first round. Nearly two months later, Paddy Pimblett has already gained a considerable amount of weight, most of it thanks to chicken wings.
Every time a fight comes, Pimblett has to go through a huge weight cut, raising criticism from fight fans. However, the British fighter has never missed the weight and always looked shredded to the bone during fight week. It feels like a ‘don’t fix what’s already working’ situation. The Scouser has immense potential and is eager to take that hype to another level.
Paddy Pimblett wants to fight for the UFC lightweight championship
Paddy Pimblett is undefeated in UFC and has fought six fights, of which four were finishes. In his last fight, he won a whopping $200K bonus award and was applauded by Dana White for his fighting style. According to the UFC CEO, Pimblett is an exciting talent and a marketable superstar
Paddy Pimblett plans to fight Islam Makhachev (via Imago)Something similar was also said by the lightweight champion Islam Makhachev when he was asked about Pimblett. The pound-for-pound king mentioned that he was willing to fight the British in the future.
A few more wins could set up the dream matchup. After watching it, Pimblett responded by issuing a challenge to the Dagestani champion.
Do you see that where Islam was talking about me the other day? He said, ‘He’s an exciting fighter’ and that. ‘If he keeps winning, you never know, he could fight for the belt’ and that. You know, Islam. We’re coming. We’re coming, brother, we’re coming.
Paddy Pimblett via his YouTube channel
Pimblett is currently #15 in the lightweight division and has the credentials to call out top fighters. It won’t be surprising to see the fighter locking horns with someone from the top five in his next few fights. If things go accordingly, a fight between him and Makhachev would be a rather interesting showdown.
