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Paddy Pimblett Discusses Personal Mental Health Issues Ahead of UFC 296

Related Topics: Paddy Pimblett, UFC, Tony Ferguson

Liverpool’s own, Paddy Pimblett returns this weekend at UFC 296 to take on the biggest test of his career as he clashes with the former interim champion, Tony Ferguson.

Ahead of his fifth UFC fight, The Baddy featured on ‘JaackMate’s Happy Hour’ podcast and discussed a range of topics, but one that stood out was when he spoke about in-depth was his own struggles with mental health.

He said that after his unsuccessful Cage Warriors Vacant Lightweight Championship bout with Soren Bak in September 2018 he really struggled.