Even before he made his UFC debut in September, there was already a loud buzz behind Paddy Pimblett’s name. And now with two impressive stoppage victories in the Octagon, the 27-year-old is getting a lot more push and recognition from both fans and the UFC’s top brass.
But if you ask other veteran names in the game, Paddy ‘The Baddy’ still has a lot to prove. Former long-time referee John McCarthy, for one, says he saw Pimblett against “better competition” as a Cage Warriors fighter.
“I’m not a Paddy hater,” McCarthy told co-host, Josh Thomson, in a recent episode of their Weighing In podcast.