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It would have been easy, certainly understandable, had Paddy Pimblett withdrawn on Friday from his fight with Jordan Leavitt that was scheduled for the main card of UFC London at The O2 Arena.
Early Friday morning, five hours before the weigh-in, Pimblett was awakened by the kind of text message no one wants to receive.
“I woke up on Friday morning [at] 4 a.