Patrick “Paddy” Pimblett is an English professional mixed martial artist also known as The Baddy. He is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and he describes himself as a socialist.
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BIOGRAPHY
Pimblett was born in Huyton, Knowsley, Merseyside, England to Mark Pimblett and Jacqueline Pimblett. Mark was an entrepreneur before being imprisoned while Jacqueline is a homemaker.
Born in 2018, Lee Hodgson was Paddy’s motivator as a fighter. Hodgson was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare breed of cancer, in 2020 and he died in June 2022.
Paddy is 5’10” tall. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He holds a professional MMA record of 23 wins and 3 losses.
- In 2010, he started his MMA training.
- As an amateur MMA fighter, he submitted Scott Gregory on September 11, 2011 and Mick Doyle on October 29, 2011.
- From 2012 to 2013, he was a bantamweight.
- On October 16, 2012, he made his professional MMA debut.
- In 2013, he and Laura Gregory started dating.
- From 2014 to 2017, he was a featherweight.
- In 2018, he started competing in the lightweight division.
- In February 2020, he proposed to Laura on the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand.
- On March 29, 2021, he signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
- On September 4, 2021, he made his UFC debut.
- In April 2023, he and Laura got married.
- On January 3, 2025, he turned 30.
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TIMELINE
From 2012 to 2025, Pimblett fought 25 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2012
- On October 16, 2012, he knocked out Nathan Thompson in the Olympian MMA Championships event “OMMAC 15: Legacy” in Liverpool, Merseyside.
- On December 1, 2012, he submitted Dougie Scott at a Cage Contender event in Liverpool.
2013
- On June 1, 2013, he defeated Jack Drabble via technical knockout in an Olympian MMA Championships event in London.
- On July 6, 2013, he defeated Florian Calin via unanimous decision at the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship event “CWFC 56” in London, England.
- On October 5, 2013, Cameron Else submitted him at “CWFC 60” in Kentish Town, North London, England.
2014
- On March 1, 2014, he defeated Martin Sheridan via unanimous decision at “CWFC 65” in Dublin, Ireland.
- On May 3, 2014, he submitted Conrad Hayes at “CWFC 65” in Liverpool.
- On November 1, 2014, he defeated Stephen Martin via TKO at “CWFC 73” in Newcastle, England.
2015
- On March 28, 2015, he became the Full Contact Contender Featherweight Champion by submitting Kevin Petshi at “FCC 12” in Manchester, England.
- On June 20, 2015, he successfully defended the FCC Featherweight Championship title by submitting Miguel Haro at “FCC 13” in Manchester.
2016
- On April 15, 2016, he defeated Ashleigh Grimshaw via unanimous decision at “CWFC 75” in London.
- On July 8, 2016, he submitted Teddy Violet at “CWFC 77” in London.
- On September 10, 2016, he became the CWFC Featherweight Champion after defeating Johnny Frachey via TKO at “CWFC 78” in Liverpool.
- On November 12, 2016, he successfully defended the CWFC Featherweight Championship title by defeating Julian Erosa via unanimous decision at “Cage Warriors: Unplugged 1” in London.
2017
- On April 1, 2017, he lost the CWFC Featherweight Championship belt to Nad Narimani, who defeated him via unanimous decision at “CWFC 82” in Liverpool.
2018
- On February 24, 2018, he submitted Alexis Savvidis at “Cage Warriors 90” in Liverpool.
- On September 1, 2018, he lost via unanimous decision to Soren Bak at “Cage Warriors 96” in Liverpool.
2019
2020
- On March 20, 2020, he defeated Decky Dalton via TKO at “Cage Warriors 113” in Manchester.
2021
- On March 20, 2021, he submitted Davide Martinez at “Cage Warriors 122” in London.
- On September 4, 2021, he he knocked out Luigi Vendramini at “UFC Vegas 36” in Enterprise, Nevada.
2022
- On March 18, 2022, he brought Hodgson on stage with him during the “UFC Fight Night 204” weigh-in ceremony in London.
- On Marc 19, 2022, he submitted Rodrigo Vargas at “UFC Fight Night 204” in London.
- On July 23, 2022, he submitted Jordan Leavitt at “UFC Fight Night 208” in London.
- On December 10, 2022, he defeated Jared Gordon at “UFC 282” in Paradise, Nevada.
2023
- On December 16, 2023, he defeated Tony Ferguson via unanimous decision at “UFC 296” in Paradise.
2024
- On July 27, 2024, he defeated King Green via technical submission at “UFC 304” in Manchester.
2025
- On April 12, 2025, he defeated Michael Chandler via TKO at “UFC 314” in Miami, Florida, USA.
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