‘I’ll be honest’… Paddy Pimblett explains why he ‘looks fat’ immediately after his UFC fights

Paddy Pimblett has explained why he gains weight quickly after his fights.

'The Baddy' has racked up six straight wins and cracked the lightweight rankings since joining the UFC, but fans continue to focus on his extracurricular activities.

Paddy Pimblett makes no secret of his love of junk food and when he's not losing weight for a fight, he's usually enjoying his favorite snacks and setting food records at local restaurants.

However, his rapid weight gain has led to some fans raising concerns about the Englishman.

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Paddy Pimblett explains his weight problem after the fight

Pimblett weighed 156 pounds the day before he choked Bobby Green at UFC 304 in July.

Two weeks later, he shocked the world by sharing footage of him tipping the scales at 197 pounds, which is 42 pounds heavier than he weighed for the win that earned him a $200,000 bonus.

Amazingly, his weight went higher than that before flattening out. Now he's back to his normal running weight and is confident he understands what's causing the interesting fluctuations.

“Now I'm just back to my normal weight,” Pimblett said on the StillTalkingShow.

“After a week of fighting I end up at about 95 kg [209.5lbs] or something like that.

“It's right where you've exhausted your body, it's holding everything. I put it on semi-starvation mode for a week to gain weight. Your body holds everything.

“So once I have salty stuff, it just holds the water in me. That's why I look bloated and fat. It's my cheeks. It's just blown up. It's just because I'm going overboard, I'll be honest.

Paddy Pimblett is open to welterweight fights

Pimblett has never missed weight since joining the UFC, but he openly admits that reaching the lightweight limit is a long and arduous process.

And that makes him incapable of fighting short-term fights. In October, he all but ruled out fighting again in 2024 because he wouldn't be able to make weight.

Still, he would be open to late fights at welterweight, but only if the UFC offered him a big-name opponent who isn't a huge 170-pound fighter.

“It's too late now to make lightweight for the UFC events at the end of the year,” Pimblett said.

“I'd rather not kill myself trying to gain weight, but if they're trying to get me, Colby [Covington] or [Conor] McGregor at welterweight, I would do it.

“I would fight both at welterweight because they are not huge welterweights. I don't think many welterweights are that big compared to me. I didn't realize how big of a lightweight I am until I fought Bobby.

Covington faces Joaquin Buckley on December 14 and McGregor's long-awaited and long-awaited comeback has been postponed until 2025.

It appears Pimblett will face a newly ranked lightweight early next year.

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