Paddy Pimblett has weighed in at 156lb to successfully complete his 49lb body transformation ahead of his third UFC appearance on Saturday night.
'The Baddy' faced a gruelling cut down from 205lb for his fight with Jordan Leavitt at UFC London after piling on the pounds in recent months. Pimblett promised not to over indulge on junk food following his first-round submission win against Kazula Vargas in March, but the UFC fan favourite put on almost 50lb in just two weeks after going on a 11,000 calorie binge and stacking his fridge with easter eggs, crisps and doughnuts.
Pimblett has now stuck true to his promise of making the lightweight limit and impressively losing 45lb to ensure his fight with Leavitt goes ahead at The O2 arena. Pimblett features on the main card of the London event before Jack Hermansson takes on short-notice replacement Chris Curtis and surging heavyweight Tom Aspinall faces Curtis Blaydes in the main event.
It's well documented that Pimblett is a self-admitted 'foodie' with the UFC star mostly being known for his eating habits instead of his fights. Whilst outlining some of his favourite junk foods in a recent chat on The Overlap, Pimblett admitted that his eating habits will only get worse once he retires from fighting.
"Everyone asks me this but I can't pick my favourite meal. I like that many different types of food. Pizza, pasta, Chinese food, salt and pepper chicken, wings, quadruple burgers. Desserts, chocolate fudge cake and cookie dough pies. I know for a fact when I retire that I'm going to be a diabetic, but I get on with it," he said.
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'The Baddy' has been advised to control his poor diet by several fighters, with ring legend Ricky Hatton being amongst those to weigh-in on the topic. '"I would advise him, listen it's a short career. It comes and goes in the blink of an eye, anything you can do to damage your body stay away from it," Hatton said on The MMA Hour.
Pimblett was guaranteed just £9,500 for his first two UFC fights but his manager recently told Mirror Fighting that he has moved on from the controversial contract. The Liverpudlian admitted that he may improve his poor diet later on in his fighting career, adding: "I might grow up a bit more though and actually keep my weight down."
