Paddy Pimblett is planting an attack on Hollywood as soon as his fighting days are over, but he may not take any tips from Conor McGregor.
The scouse star is the fastest rising in sport. And last weekend it only rose higher when he erased former Bellator champion Michael Chandler in three rounds in the Co-Main event of UFC 314 in Miami.
Pimblett has to taste a defeat in the Octagon and is just as loved in America as in his native Liverpool. Now he wants to bring his talents to the big screen and emulate the will of Randy Couture and Rampage Jackson.
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Paddy Pimblett is currently at a moving distance from a UFC title, which would be accompanied by the fame and the money he could only dream of. However, he houses further ambitions than just winning gold, and depicts an attempt on the big screen.
“I always said that I want to end up in Hollywood,” he told the octagon Bruce Buffer on his podcast It's Time. “I want to end up in films or series and things like that.”
However, he thinks he has more to offer in the company than his fellow countryman Conor McGregor, whose only acting job came in for some criticism and spot. “I would certainly be a better actor than Conor if you know what I mean,” he went on.
“I would play a serious role, not just playing a strange version of myself.” He agreed when Buffer noticed that the Irishman tended to just play an extreme version of his own persona when he appeared in Roadhouse two years ago.
Paddy Pimblett wants Charles Oliveira before he shoots UFC Gold
The Liverpudlian -Grafexpert has now proven more than his courage as a legitimate top ten competition in the lightweight division in recent versions. He was just confirmed that he will be arranged at number eight and would like to have another challenge before he goes for the belt.
He called a number of names, but seems to be the most interested in Charles Oliveira and proves that he is the best grappler at 155LB. However, Oliveira does not seem too interested and says Portal do Vale Tudo: 'I am thinking about fighting for a belt.
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“So there is no reason to think about boys who are below me, only those in front of me. He is a tough boy, he is good in a row, fights very well, but I don't even think about it. All these guys come to say talking to talk to get a fight and reach the top.
“They are not wrong, everyone sells a fight in their own way. [of the sport]. It would be a great fight, but I am not right now. “