UFC London: Paddy Pimblett brought the whole crowd on their feet with his submission victory over Rodrigo Vargas


UFC London: Paddy Pimblett brought the whole crowd on their feet with his submission victory over Rodrigo Vargas

Paddy Pimblett at UFC London

Hottest UFC prospect, Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett (17-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) took on Rodrigo ‘Kazula’ Vargas (12-4 MMA, 1-2 UFC) in a lightweight contest at UFC London: Volkov vs Aspinall. Everybody in the crowd was cheering for Paddy and he certainly enjoyed the home crowd’s reaction to his performance.

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Round 1 – Paddy knew Vargas was good, and he wasn’t rushing into anything. Vargas pushed him back, and landed a couple of hooks that dropped Paddy on the ground, he immediately jumped on top, and Paddy wasted no time in pulling up the guard. Vargas was squeezing in small shots, but did a great job of defending them.

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Watch: Molly McCann barged into the octagon to celebrate Paddy Pimblett’s victory over Rodrigo Vargas at UFC London

Paddy Pimblett
Paddy Pimblett

Rodrigo was trying to move to full mount, but Paddy got back to his feet. He controlled Vargas’ wrist, and landed some well placed kness to soften him up. Paddy’s corner was asking him to land the Judo throw, and after finding his footing he landed an amazing Harai-Goshi to take the fight to the ground. Vargas was trying to pull guard, but Paddy immediately took his back, and secured the rear naked choke to get the victory.

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Crowd went crazy after Paddy’s submission victory, his teammate, Molly McCann stormed inside the octagon, and celebrated his victory in the most amazing fashion. Paddy stepped out to shake hands with the president, Dana White, and Molly climbed on to the fence to display her happiness.

Paddy lived up to his name, and it was an important win for his career.

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