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Farah Hannoun

Paddy Pimblett on co-headlining UFC 282 after shakeup: ‘I was the people’s main event anyway’

Paddy Pimblett is now the co-main event of UFC 282 but says fans were coming to watch him anyway.

Pimblett, who meets Jared Gordon at the Dec. 10 pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was elevated to co-headline after the light heavyweight title rematch between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira was scrapped. But regardless of his placement on the card, Pimblett (19-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) believed he always was the main reason people will tune in.

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