{"id":464402,"date":"2022-12-02T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=464402"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T16:48:29","slug":"paddy-pimblett-name-drops-the-one-footballer-he-would-like-to-fight-in-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paddy-pimblett-name-drops-the-one-footballer-he-would-like-to-fight-in-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett name drops the one footballer he would like to fight in the Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paddy Pimblett has named the footballer he has a particular disdain for as he prepares for his return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p>Make no mistake about it: Paddy Pimblett is already one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paddy-pimblett-accepts-jake-pauls-sparring-challenge-i-fight-saturday-ill-chill-sunday-and-ill-beat-you-up-monday\/\">biggest stars<\/a> in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n<p>It may not seem like it, but it&#8217;s true. The Scouse sensation is 3-0 with the promotion and in addition to that, he&#8217;s quite the character.<\/p>\n<p>He has yet to really test the waters of the top 15 at lightweight but if he beats Jared Gordon at UFC 282, he&#8217;ll take a significant step forward in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the cage, though, as we&#8217;ve mentioned he&#8217;s already put together quite the marketing machine for himself. He&#8217;s well known not just in the UK but also across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also a big football fan with his beloved Liverpool being his team of choice.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview, Pimblett spoke about footballers that he&#8217;s not a massive fan of in the present day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paddy &quot;The Baddy&quot; Pimblett | Pub Talk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVvX60mUqdQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cLast season, when he first got signed, it was Bruno Fernandes, \u2019cause of how overrated he was,\u201d Pimblett said. \u201cBut now, it\u2019s Bernardo Silva, lad. I don\u2019t know anyone who likes Bernardo Silva, lad. He\u2019s an unbelievable footballer. He\u2019s a proper baller. But he\u2019s a horrible wrong\u2019un. He\u2019s a piece of sh*t. That time when they gave us [Liverpool] a guard of honor, and he just stood there. Come on lad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/12\/paddy-pimblett-names-soccer-player-hed-like-to-fight-in-the-octagon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Pimblett shoots for the stars<\/h3>\n<p>We can&#8217;t imagine Manchester City would sanction such a move. Either way, though, Paddy&#8217;s focus will be on what&#8217;s happening in the cage as his pursuit of superstardom continues.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think Paddy Pimblett will win at UFC 282? Is there a chance he will fight for a UFC title in his career? Let us know in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paddy Pimblett has named the footballer he has a particular disdain for as he prepares for his return to the Octagon. Make no mistake about it: Paddy Pimblett is already one of the biggest stars in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It may not seem like it, but it&#8217;s true. The Scouse sensation is 3-0 with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":393789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[83206,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paddy Pimblett name drops the one footballer he would like to fight in the Octagon | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paddy Pimblett has named the footballer he has a particular disdain for as he prepares for his return to the Octagon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/paddy-pimblett-name-drops-the-one-footballer-he-would-like-to-fight-in-the-octagon\/\" 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