Paddy Pimblett insists that there is nothing abnormal about his weight gain after the fight.
'The Baddy' is notorious because he is on junk food and rises in weight when he is out of the camp.
Paddy Pimblett tilted the scales at 156 pounds before beating Michael Chandler on UFC 314 in April.
A week later, the lightweight competition fans surprised by revealing that his current weight was 198LBS.
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Paddy Pimblett switches weight care
Paddy Pimblett organized a private yacht party in Miami to celebrate the biggest victory of his career in style.
Then the 30-year-old surrendered to some of his favorite dishes, because he enjoyed some well-deserved downtime in Dubai.
Of course he is heavier than normal, but Pimblett is insisting that he is not a million miles from where he should be.
Pimblett recently revealed that the majority of his weight gain came between him during the 24 hours and made weight and fight on UFC 314.
“It's funny, intake? It is crazy. People think that I have done as 30 pounds or 40 pounds,” Pimblett said when he was asked about the response of the fan to his weight gain after the fight.
“My face goes a bit chubby. I weigh on 156, and yet people like:” Oh, he has turned on 40 pounds. ”
“I don't have that because I walk in the cage the next day as 185 pounds.
“So I placed that I am 10, 15 pounds away from what I actually walk in the cage.
“I used to do some stupid things when I was younger, but in the last two fights I did everything. I do it perfectly.
“I always see comments about YouTube,” Oh, he is going to struggle to arrive soon “.
“My last weight cut was the easiest I have ever done.”
Paddy Pimblett evokes Justin Gaethje
Paddy Pimblett is potentially only a big win away from a lightweight title shot.
The Englishman believes that beating former interim light weight champion Justin Gaethje is putting him in line to see the winner of Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira, who will see a new King of 155LB Kroon on UFC 317 on 28 June.
“I am sure if I defeated Gaethje, I am the next one,” Pimblett added.
“It could be (the next one for me), yes. It's just whether he says yes or not, isn't it? He would fight against the ranking again.
“(I would like to fight in Abu Dhabi in October) in October, that pay-per-view, that's when I want to fight, that's when I did and after what I did with Chandler, I think I would finish Justin Gaethje.”