“I’ve got the personality, I’ve got the look, the new king’s here,” Paddy Pimblett puts the entire division on the notice with his impressive debut

“I’ve got the personality, I’ve got the look, the new king’s here,” Paddy Pimblett puts the entire division on the notice with his impressive debut

Paddy Pimblett

The former strike force champion Paddy Pimblett made his much-anticipated UFC debut at the main card of UFC Vegas 36.

Paddy stopped Luigi Vendramini in this fight and made an impression that is going to live on forever. He said he realized he needs to make some adjustments in the future but this fight showed how resilient he is.

 “It was never going to go wrong,” Pimblett said. “This is my destiny. I showed everyone that I can come through adversity as well, because he did catch me with a nice left hook. I need to stop letting people punch me in the face. I want to put on too much of a show, so I just put my hands down and get into firefights with people. I do it in the gym.”

“I can’t help myself. I like fighting. It’s pretty stupid, because it can go wrong, but it didn’t go wrong.”

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“People think I’m a grappler, and I’ve just shut everyone up,” Paddy Pimblett is impressed by his performance

Paddy Pimblett UFC debut
Paddy Pimblett UFC debut

Paddy Pimblett stated that he wasn’t scared to face anyone in the division, he took his time outside the UFC, and now that he believes he is ready, he can take on anyone.

“Luigi Vendramini was the fourth name I got put forward to me for this fight,” he said. “Every other name I got put to me I said yeah. I’ll never say no to a fight. I’m not a b*tchass. Whatever name gets put to me on the contract, I’m going to sign it. I don’t care if they’re ranked or not ranked or where they’re from, or where it is, if it’s in their backyard. If it’s in their backyard, everyone will start going sick when I walk out anyway. That’s just what I do.”

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He claimed, “People think I’m a grappler, and I’ve just shut everyone up,” he said. “I can strike. I can grapple. I can wrestle. I’ve got the personality, I’ve got the look. The new king’s here, lad.”

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