Before he started his career in the best promotion, Paddy 'The Baddy' Pimblett was already a superstar in MMA for various reasons.
The coming Saturday, Paddy Pimblett will take his toughest test so far when he clashes with Michael Chandler in the UFC 314 Co-Main event.
In anticipation of his fight against Chandler, Pimblett started a feud with Arman Tsarukyan, who is in the number one place in the lightweight division, which may try to set a future fight.
Nevertheless, he must first go through the heavy test that is 'Iron' Chandler, who has been told to find his next career when he loses the Brit at UFC 314.
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Paddy Pimblett scored several Flying Triangle victories before he signed at the UFC
Before he made his debut in the UFC in 2021, when he unleashed a mean combination of 10-punch to achieve an impressive victory, he cut his teeth in Cage Warriors.
The scouser soon became a favorite among the fans because of his exciting all-action fighting style, along with his brash personality on the microphone.
Not only that, but only four battles in his term of office in Cage Warriors, 'The Baddy' pulled one of the craziest submissions in the history of sport when he choked Flying Triangle Conrad Hayes.
A few years later, after losing the featherweight title, Pimblett returned to the cage at Cage Warriors 90, who wanted to bounce back from his disappointing loss.
Although it was impressive enough that he had already scored one flying triangle in his career, the MMA star scored another and made it his characteristic movement and catapulted himself in superstarfom before he even signed at the UFC.
Paddy Pimblett now possible on the edge of UFC title fight
The 30-year-old is now an even larger star that achieved five victories during the jump in the UFC, sitting in rank 12 in the division.
The 36-year-old veteran, Chandler, currently occupies rank seven in the division and a win over the former title that Challenger would do a lot for the ambitions of Pimblett.
Islam Makhachev is the current king of the lightweight division, but there are rumors around his approaching movement to goodweight, so that the title may remain empty.
That would bring 'The Baddy' in an extremely strong position to fight for the empty title, since the rest of the top five seems to be from the older generation.