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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland “The Baddy” 2021-2026 · 20 rounds on file

Paddy Pimblett

8-1-0 W-L-D in this database

Paddy Pimblett, photograph by James English
Strike accuracy 484/918
Takedown accuracy 4/19
Sig. strikes / round 24.2
Control / round 0:55
Inside the distance 75% 6 of 8 wins
Height
5′10″177.8 cm
Reach
73″185.4 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Orthodox
Age
3103 JAN 1995
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Submission Grappler Automatically assigned from data across 9 fights - 2.9 takedown attempts and 18% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Grappling 5 5-0-0 vs 1563 avg
Submission Grappler 3 3-0-0
Positional Controller 2 2-0-0
Hybrid 3 3-0-0 vs 1531 avg
Well-Rounded 3 3-0-0
Striking 1 0-1-0 vs 1611 avg
Distance Striker 1 0-1-0

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 5 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

04 SEP 2021 - beat Luigi Vendramini · Technical Knockout 19 MAR 2022 - beat Kazula Vargas · Submission 23 JUL 2022 - beat Jordan Leavitt · Submission 10 DEC 2022 - beat Jared Gordon · Decision (Unanimous) 16 DEC 2023 - beat Tony Ferguson · Decision (Unanimous) 27 JUL 2024 - beat King Green · Submission 12 APR 2025 - beat Michael Chandler · Technical Knockout 24 JAN 2026 - lost to Justin Gaethje · Decision (Unanimous) 11 JUL 2026 - beat Benoit Saint Denis · Submission

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 20 rounds across 9 of 9 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 24.2
Sig. strikes absorbed 17.1
Takedowns landed 0.2
Knockdowns 0.1
Sub. attempts 0.4
Control time 0:55 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 53% 484/918
Takedowns 21% 4/19
Opponents’ accuracy 57% 341/596

Where the strikes land

Head 62% 298
Body 18% 87
Leg 20% 99

And from where

At distance 76% 367
In the clinch 8% 37
On the ground 17% 80

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-0
Submission 4 won Submission · 4-0
Decision 2 won Decision (Unanimous) · 2-1

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
11 JUL 2026 Benoit Saint Denis Won Submission R1 0:52 4 1 UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2
24 JAN 2026 Justin Gaethje Lost Decision (Unanimous) R5 5:00 156 144 UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
12 APR 2025 Michael Chandler Won Technical Knockout R3 3:07 80 11 UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes
27 JUL 2024 King Green Won Submission R1 3:22 8 15 UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2
16 DEC 2023 Tony Ferguson Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 106 62 UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
10 DEC 2022 Jared Gordon Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 63 60 UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev
23 JUL 2022 Jordan Leavitt Won Submission R2 2:46 17 16 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
19 MAR 2022 Kazula Vargas Won Submission R1 3:49 3 7 UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
04 SEP 2021 Luigi Vendramini Won Technical Knockout R1 4:25 47 25 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till

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