WATCH: Ready for Light Heavyweight? Paddy Pimblett UNSURPRISINGLY checks in overweight on the scale
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Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett’s issues with weight are very well documented. However, he’s always been nonchalant about it, when he does address it.
After his win over Jordan Leavitt in July, Paddy Pimblett went to America to take some time off. He spent a lot of time in San Diego, admiring the brilliant local cuisine. As a result of him letting loose for a bit, his weight ballooned to around 210 pounds.
For context, 210 pounds is five pounds above the weight limit the light heavyweights fight at. He fights in the lightweight division, which has a limit of 155 pounds. Now, in a recent video, he weighed himself in at 90 KG, which is equivalent to 198 pounds. Clearly, he’s started the gruelling and patient process of getting back into the shape that a fighting life demands.
In the video, he says, “It’s got to be done, lad. I need to stop eating. In fact, you know, we’ll check me weight.”, as he proceeds to head towards the scale. He continues, “90 KG dead, I need a p*ss.”
His teammate then asks him about his weight in America, to which he replies, “Yeah, 207.”
Pimblett has repeatedly come under fire from fans, fighters and experts alike for his disastrous attitude when it comes to watching the weight. Chael Sonnen, who is a fan of him, has on numerous occasions advised the Briton to treat his body like a temple if he wishes to have a long career.
Paddy Pimblett’s weight fluctuations are detrimental to the UFC’s matchmaking
Paddy Pimblett seems to now be willing himself to slowly get back into shape as keeping his walking weight at such a high threshold is not only bad for his health but also for the UFC’s matchmaking. The reason for that is that the promotion then needs to provide extra time for the fighter to cut down to lightweight territory.
As Dana White said himself, “You know, it makes it tough for us too. Because when we’re in the matchmaking room, we wanna throw together a fight, maybe we can throw him on a card in a month, month and a half, it hurts us too.”
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He continued, “We have to be very specific when we plan fights for him cause he’s nowhere near close to weight. And what you don’t wanna do is put that much pressure on him to cut that much weight in that short amount of time.”
The “Baddy” is a big star the world over now. Despite fighting on a stacked card in London in July, most of the fans came with the sole purpose of seeing the brash Liverpudlian fight. Hence, if he must prolong his career and keep selling out arenas, he must heed the advice of those who know better and watch how he treats his body.
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Udayan Mukherjee
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