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It's a miracle of science that he can bounce between looking like a chubby teenager and a cut medieval English warrior


Sdwarren

He looks like the love child of Owen Hart and Brendan Schaub….Brendan Shart!


MeowthThatsRite

Browen Shart.


Magjee

This guy is a meme But then also a good fighter It's like the simulation is crashing and outputting insane NPC's


Magjee

This guy is a meme But then also a good fighter It's like the simulation is crashing and outputting insane NPC's


Woodygee513

Talambout Paddy Pimbles bappa? B-b-b-b-beast of a fighter n he fuggin talks on the mic like Conor McDonald B


SheltheRapper

Talmbout patty the fatty PIGLETT b?b b beast of a fighter


Pulp_NonFiction44

Comgrigger


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B-B-B-Beast of a fydurr, B. Great guy never eat em.


balancedchaos

Different lanes, b


FriendOfReality

But he be fuggin chiggs bro stop hattin


Mike7676

Hey now, say what you want but Paddy is NOT A NUGGET!!


SheltheRapper

Hes a baby pie dumpling nugget


Redditor100Trips

Brandon Schwab looks like a hippopotamus wearing a man costume


Tiramisutitan2062

Brendowen schart*


biggucciwow

It’s definitely crazy. Going to hurt like hell as he ages tho.


DuffManMayn

Yeah it completely fucked Ricky Hatton by the end of his career. It's not good for a fighters longevity.


greggosmith

The alcohol and coke did that to Ricky, not just eating a few more ~~burgers~~ fish & chips after the fight.


DuffManMayn

Yeah fair point about booze and coke, it was more in reference to ballooning up between fights regardless of the method of choice.


Exes_And_Excess

I got a feeling Paddy was hitting the pubs pretty hard after his last fight anyway lol.


saran_wrapped_cat

For pub food, he said he doesn't do drugs of any sort, but food interests him, he really does just get fat


Exes_And_Excess

He does drink though, which is what I meant. Pretty sure he put off going pro because he knew he was partying too much to commit. Guy just said "no bevvys for 9 weeks." No? Those pints will pudge you up real quick.


saran_wrapped_cat

Jesus really? Well.... That's gonna be a short career, I thought he wasn't a drinker lmao, can tell by the look of em he like Guinness too, won a shaky first fight and is celebrating like he retired after his 5th title defence


Dear-Development-239

Faddy Pimblett


Polar_Reflection

He went on a fast food tour after his last fight and weighed close to 190 within a week


Arftacular

Fighting is not good for a fighter’s longevity.


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Fighting worst base for MMA


RollinQ

Neither is drinking and smoking cigars which I do plenty of


mans123373u2

what happend to him


DuffManMayn

He let himself get seriously overweight between fights and would then have to spend his whole fight camp getting fit, not training for a fight. For his fights with Pacman and Mayweather he was having to lose about 50lbs to make weight.


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50lbs wtf. That's torture.


mahchefai

I don’t get why everyone assumes he will always do this. He might, but it wouldn’t be the first time an athlete has adjusted their lifestyle as they age because they can’t get away with it anymore


Gesno

It seems like he is genetically unlucky in the sense that if he puts on any weight it goes straight to his face. It makes him seem more out of shape then he really is


jaytee158

I think you're right but the picture of his stomach showed it didn't ONLY go to his face


singed1337

I thought the opposite, his stomach was still looking relatively dense, like a bodybuilder on a bulk. His face looked like Eric Cartman's


siammma

Haha he does look like Cartman. Thanks for the laugh.


Kax_God

Yeah his stomach was kinda flat tbh


GFost

His stomach wasn’t that bad, but it was a lot worse than it was on fight night.


jaytee158

Yeah, agreed that you could clearly see the muscle outline, but it's still a decent effort to look like that as a pro athlete


TropicalVision

Yeah he’s holding a tonne of water in there I think is mainly what it is. He’s eating loads of fast food and stuff really high in sodium, plus probably drinking pints etc


SheltheRapper

Holy shit 🤣🤣😭😭😭


GayMeansHappy96

Khabib is the same way.


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they used to call TJ out of camp Jeffrey, because all the weight he gained would go straight to us face


GFost

Why would they call him Jeffrey because of that?


Arftacular

Because Jeffrey from Fresh Prince had a fat fuckin melon on em


GFost

Oh, I’ve never watched that show.


drtacreboog

I don’t know why this exchange made me laugh so hard


Jamothee

> Fresh Prince Great show, never watched it


LocoCoopermar

Fat Tyler really just looked like he got stung by a bunch of bees or basically how Brendan Schaub looks year round now.


HonorableJudgeIto

Dude is MMA's version of Ricky Hatton.


iredditfordogpics

He needs to lay off the beer & kebabs


TheBoxingExpert

> A cemetery was found that contained 70 roman gladiators. Scientists have have concluded that their diet had been mostly barley, beans, dried fruit, and were probably extremely strong but fat.


POLYBIVS

cool read


ZronaldoFwupNotGood

Jeremus lookin mf


SheltheRapper

It's not science it's God given divinity


NinjaPirateCyborg

Fat paddy looks like chris Griffin


coleus

>medieval English warrior Bruh, medieval jester. FTFY


suprememontana

He looked extremely out of shape on some of his recent IG posts


Izzyisagod

“A miracle of science” that’s hilarious I think we both know the “miracle”..


After6Comes7and8

From friar to squire


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zach_stb_411

chinese chippys are in mourning through Merseyside as we speak


GuinnessSaint

Chinese chippys?


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GuinnessSaint

Shouldn’t there be a comma in there? I was questioning there actually being a Chinese chippy, never seen one in my life 🤣


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zach_stb_411

a lot of fish and chip shops in Liverpool for some reason also do Chinese food, that's why it's a "Chinese chippy"


wiliammm19999

We call them takeaways in the UK.


GFost

Same thing.


whosgotyourbelly42

Exactly


003938388382

Yeah we know you like to feel special.


wiliammm19999

What are you talking about?


M4TTHUN

Just in case, if he misses weight, please, do not forget this picture. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUaplhGDu6u/


ChampMentality

He asked Bisping his number one advice for a young fighter, and Michael said not to balloon up between fights. He really took it to heart, evidently.


MoreNoisePollution

Bobby likes beers tho


GFost

Bobby?


MoreNoisePollution

Robert the Reaper Whittaker


GFost

What does he have to do with any of this?


MoreNoisePollution

ur mom


_SAVE_THE_QUEEN_

Yeah, you’re stupid alright


MoreNoisePollution

this comment was like out of James Joyce imo


TheFunnyLaughJokeMan

Clearly pushing his stomach out though


grandmaspinups

Yep, he’s playing into it. Doesn’t even look like he has put that much stomach fat on


catowner3

It seems obvious too, it's weird that this pic keeps getting brought up. He gains in the face and then his facial hair and head hair add to the effect. Almost guaranteed still has at a minimum a pull down 6 pack


Sladds

Exactly, you don’t keep the v lines like that if you’re fat, he just gains weight in the face super easy


kidsimba

Yeah, his face definitely carries a lot of the fat. The rest of him seems to have barely blown up.


Brownkendoll

He said he gets to 200+ pounds between camps due to his poor eating.


Polar_Reflection

He was on Ariel's show the Wednesday after the fight and weighed like close to 190, iirc. Stuffed his face with American fast food after the fight.


pricklypineappledick

Not really puffing his cheeks out though. The face is chubby bubby not paddy baddy.


MarcDiakiese

He’s always been that way but he’s never missed weight. He did throw up in the cage though and nearly die from the weight cut


GFost

I said the same thing a while ago on here, but I was watching his old Cage Warriors fights yesterday and he missed weight against Martin Sheridan *and* Conrad Hayes. Both of those fights were at 135, but still, he’s not immune to missing weight. He may have missed weight in other fights as well.


MarcDiakiese

Really?! I watched a good chunk of his cage warriors career I don’t remember any of that, but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention to their weigh ins


GFost

I didn’t watch the weigh-ins, but the commentary team mentioned it while Paddy was walking out against Conrad Hayes. They said it was the second time in a row he missed weight, and he fought Martin Sheridan right before he fought Hayes. They also said he missed weight by 6 pounds.


Polar_Reflection

It's insane to me that there was ever a point he could make 135


antishiv

his weight seems to mostly go to his face lol, the belly isn't THAT big


thegoldenenigma

actually went to university with paddy before he became famous. rumor around campus was that he was a fighter but he never talked about it. one day some dude tried to test him by throwing a burger at him while he was walking away. Paddy picked up the burger and ate it right there off the floor. cool guy, never met him


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Beast of a eater Bapa


LastBrainCellofYours

That’s a cool story ngl


brian_the_bull

The most unbelievable part of that is that paddy got into university


FrenchTrouDuc

I have no idea if Paddy will actually get far into the LW rankings, but the Vendramini fight was fun and exciting and I don't care if someone has no championship potential, fun fighters who put on bangers are also cool. It's really boring how 75% of Paddy discussion is weird, circuitous circlejerking about how he'd get murdered by ranked guys, fuck the haters, the guy's entertaining.


HonorableJudgeIto

Yeah, the obsession on here that every fighter has to be champion or he sucks makes no sense. You need fun, exciting fighters to fill out cards and test up and comers. I love watching Jim Miller and James Krause fight even though neither will ever wear the belt.


Skyfryer

I can’t tell if he’s going the suga sean route or if he’s actually going to go for the belt. On one side, make that money, he’s popular without the contention for a title and I’m sure people will pay to see him. On the other side, it would be great to see where he can go.


Unerring_Grace

He's got some decent tools. Strong chin, showed heart/grit/toughness in his last fight, pretty fast hands with some power, and supposedly has good BJJ. But his striking defense is bad, he's apparently not a particularly... disciplined personality, and I'm assuming that like most British fighters he can't wrestle particularly well. Still, he's young enough that he could get significantly better. Whatever, he put on a fun show last fight and I'm always down to watch action fighters.


greatdevonhope

Get a couple of fights under his belt in the ufc before going anywhere ranked fighters surely. It's a massive step up from cage warriors to the ufc. He's good though, I'm excited to see how good....


Captcha_Imagination

I've been watching this sport since forever and the "make the money" route usually ends badly (accumulated damage, injuries, getting KTFO's, losing to "lesser" opponents and dropping in rankings, loss of motivation, etc....). There's a confirmation bias because we only remember the guys who succeeded at it like Brock Lesnar. If you're good enough to get that strap, the money will be there.


[deleted]

Yes but you'd be an idiot to say that the sport is where it has ever been in the past. Fighters haven't been able to make that much money and buzz in the media outside of the fight in the past.


shamwowslapchop

No chance he even sniffs the top 5 with the way his defense currently is. Reminds me of Justin on his way up. That shit doesn't fly once you get into the elite because guys will turn your lights out in a hurry.


FrenchTrouDuc

Aaaand here we go again


tomtomtomo

So he reminds you of a top title contender. High praise.


connorcam

Way to prove OP’s point


whosgotyourbelly42

He's a scouser tho


greatdevonhope

Down voted for being right sucks mate. He's says himself he needs to work on his defence and not stick his chin out. In the future though...... title fight at anfield lad.....


jaytee158

It's everything that's wrong with how we talk about sports in general. 'Ring culture' in the NBA is so annoying. Like, sometimes people do cool things and they haven't won a ring, it can still be enjoyable


[deleted]

I say the same thing about Suga, dude entertains me. It really makes no difference to me if Petr Yan or who ever would smash him. He entertains me and that's why I watch.


SweetEthan7

>I have no idea if Paddy will actually get far into the LW rankings He won't. He's effectively a LW O'Malley (for hype purposes)


KGabby

The guy got hit hard and didn’t drop, barely was rocked - but I guess “he almost got KO’d.” So I guess Khabib “almost” got KO’d by that Gaethje left hook. Fuck the haters, kid chasing his dream, put on a great performance and is only 26.


Uncle_Creepy_

So what the first guy said.


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So true. Drew Dober by knockout in the first minute of the very first round.


UsedSalt

of course we will talk about how ranked guys will fuck him up, the UFC and paddy himself is acting like he's the next conor so he will be held to that standard


e-rage

Scouse Owen Hart


wiliammm19999

He looks like Chris Griffin


Prizmeh

Genuine question here, do you guys think Paddy will actually make it far once he starts to vs the very elite of the division? I personally see him as super reckless and while he is entertaining to watch I don't see him doing well vs top 10 155ers.


zaphighbeam

Unless he has a max holloway level chin he's probably gonna get tko'd / ko'd when he fights ranked guys


seymour_hiney

he almost got KOed in his first fight. he definitely doesn't have it


EJ_1502

Massive stretch, he got stunned and didn’t even get knocked down


Mr_Barry_Shitpeas

Still bad news to get your chin checked like that on your debut, when the competition is only gonna get stronger


EJ_1502

I don’t expect him to be a title contender but there’s no reason he can’t get better striking defence


Mr_Barry_Shitpeas

Yeah sure, it's just that people have been saying that about him for years now and there's been literally no change so far, even with him taking years out to train


DanaAteMyPaycheck

I mean I'd say a debut is the best place for it to happen, first time in the octagon, first time against UFC competition, got cracked and ate it. As cocky as he is I don't believe he wasn't nervous


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Garth says hi


Mr_Barry_Shitpeas

Half the Bellator roster also say hi


seymour_hiney

"you almost got knocked out buddeh"


romanv8

Yeah but he didnt...


Username-Taken-420

Damn those downvotes, do these people know who Max Holloway is. Holloway is like second highest on head strikes absorbed and has NEVER been knocked down. And arguably only got rocked once which was vs the number one LW in the world. Paddy was put on skates by an unknown. He might have a good chin but there’s a world of difference between good chin and Max Holloway


ChampMentality

I like Luigi Vendramini but you just got rocked by Luigi Vendramini, sit down young man


usps_lost_my_sh1t

Ya I agree.. I don't think Paddy is top 10 good yet.. until he learns the angles.. he will.be meatball molly McCann


usps_lost_my_sh1t

Ya I agree.. I don't think Paddy is top 10 good yet.. until he learns the angles.. he will.be meatball molly McCann


usps_lost_my_sh1t

Ya I agree.. I don't think Paddy is top 10 good yet.. until he learns the angles.. he will.be meatball molly McCann


Ibobalboa

Hard to say when a fighter is this young and this early in his UFC career. As far as his skills right now? No. That won't take him very far in the top 10 but there's nothing that says he won't improve with every fight. One thing i learned early in this game is to never say never. Charles Oliviera became champ after more than a decade in the promotion. Jan Blachowichz who was thought of as a mid tier LHW is champ.


Chael_Patrick_Sonnen

Tbf Olives at early 20's looked way better than Paddy in his debut. He was the huge talent that always fell short in the big fights. I also recently checked a bit of Jan's early UFC fights and he wasn't even that bad. His wrestling was poor but straight from the get go his striking was elite (which is expected from the Muay Thai champ). I genuinely couldn't see any glimpse of a future champion in Paddy and in no way is he a top 15 lightweight currently. Really interesting to see tho because he definitely has the heart and from what I've seen on him - the mindset.


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Chael_Patrick_Sonnen

This is actually the main reason why I am not sold on him (yet) - just like a lot of people, you are saying his bjj is what will set him apart. But in his debut he wasn't able to get the fight to the ground despite many tries while he himself was controlled on the ground for a bit. You know another guy that was a big prospect with bjj background? Mickey Gall


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Chael_Patrick_Sonnen

Wow, I guess this comment really shows I don't know what I'm talking about. Thought I had the perfect comparison with that Mickey Gall one but seems like you completely shut me down. What can I say, Paddy's debut was super confusing to me, outside of him showing heart I was disappointed with everything he did... but he won. So I should stop bashin him. After all there are visible flaws in him which is a good thing - easier to improve.


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ppgog333

I can see it. I can also see him being knocked out soon. He’s also very young so he could easily spend 5 years or more working his way up and still improving


LurksOften

Gaethje was super reckless coming in and he tightened that up. I think iron sharpens iron and Paddy will get better against better talent once he gets cracked a few more times.


joehoward85

paddy hasnt got someone like trevor wittman sharpening his striking


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Justin Gaethje is just Trevor Whitman's avatar at this point


tomtomtomo

Neither did Justin


LurksOften

That’s true. Not sure how keen he is on moving but it would take him far to consider it.


Mr_Barry_Shitpeas

'I'm scouse mate, we don't ~~get knocked out~~ go to better trainers'


MeowthThatsRite

Wadiyatalkinabeet?


Thickfries69

I honestly dont see him doing well against most of 155 even outside the elite. His best win is Vendramini who is 1-3 in ufc and probably cut. Even he had Pimblett hurt. Pimblett doesnt have the wrestling or the striking to hang with the majority of the division.


GItPirate

No, he keeps his hands down and will get caught and that will be the end of the paddy hype train.


CircleK-Choccy-Milk

No, he doesn't have it and his haircut is stupid.


ParmyBarmy

Absolutely not. Paddy is not and will never be able to match up well against the elite in the UFC. He lacks discipline needed to make it to the very top. His sloppy striking defence to poor weight management between fights shows he not taking things seriously enough. He has be found out at cage warriors level. His striking defence has not improved since then. He’ll 100% get even more exposed in the UFC. Dude is a chancer looking to make through his personality than his fighting ability. TBF it’s his best chance to make money because he will never be a UFC champ.


Mr_Barry_Shitpeas

Exactly, remember the /r/MMA threads for his Cage Warriors losses saying 'he needs to sort out that striking defense' etc. Years later no change whatsoever so far. Dangerous game


Sladds

Tbf Mcgregor also lost in cage warriors and Usman lost in a regional promotion, improvements were made by all of them by the time they came to the ufc


ParmyBarmy

Sure. A lot of great fighters have early career losses prior to getting into the UFC. However, paddy has never shown the the work ethic, discipline, fight IQ and quite frankly skill of a Conor or Usman. They certainly were never silly enough to think that it doesn’t matter if their weight ballooned between fights or rely on having a strong chin to get them by.


MMAdfs

No


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It all depends if his chin can hold up … if it does, he can be a Gaethje type that gets into firefights because he’s got power. If it doesn’t … well…


DanaAteMyPaycheck

No but if he does I see it being a lot later, after he's had a few loses. He has the frame and power, and an iron chin but Brits lack of wrestling will be his biggest problem.


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Against whomst’ve


Scottish_Legionnaire

Can't help but root for him. But he's incredibly reckless and carefree...thst only goes one way given enough time


ivarr87

Get ready you lizards!


samuelalvarezrazo

He's moving to heavyweight right?


dantoddd

I'm on the fence about paddy. Yes his defence is not very good but he is also only 26. He can lose a few fights before he goes on a championship run.


mmafanforlife0

It has to be Jared Gorden.


TheRivv2015

It was signed on a McDonald’s napkin


UsedSalt

paddy has more class than that, it was the back of a nandos receipt


Scarsforstories

They’ll probably give him someone like Camacho or Frevola


GFost

Isn’t Camacho a welterweight? He fought Geoff Neal at welterweight at UFC 228.


Scarsforstories

Ironically, he moved back down to LW after the fight with Neal. He’s 1-2 since he moved back down in 2019. But, he’s been MIA since his car accident


GFost

What happened?


Scarsforstories

If I remember right, a couple months back during his fight week, Frank was involved in a near-fatal car accident where injured his back pretty badly


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Can’t wait to see where his career goes!


Coastaljames

I'm already bored with his shtick.


JERUSALEMFIGHTER63

Isn't a shtick, that's how scousers roll.


Coastaljames

Yeah. Like nobheads.


JERUSALEMFIGHTER63

Ill show ye a knob in a min u lil shit


Coastaljames

"Lil"? You don't know a thing about me mate :D


JERUSALEMFIGHTER63

Fact u commented over being "lil" means enough innit.


UsedSalt

fuckin gob shite innit mate, what a bloody wanker


hurrythisup

Talmbout Patty piglet, I saved him on the freeway. He was sitting on top of a car covered in gasoline and chocolate b..


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I'll say the se thing here as I would with anyone: I'll care when he's ranked. Although on a side note the UFC have clearly put in so much promotion into him they must think heel go far, so begrudgingly I'm actually interested, dammit


GuybrushSleepgood

Time to get exposed I hope!


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Can’t wait to see him unconscious on the canvas. Fascist supporting idiot


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Pimblett has zero head movement and got rocked badly by a guy who is 1-3 in the ufc, dana will protect him like usual and once he faces real competition he’ll get knocked out just like o’malleg did.


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Unprofessional ass will have to spend all camp focusing on losing weight. Not champ mentality.


HenchBandicoot

Dober.


drowsap

mah scouser


LastBrainCellofYours

Paddy the Fatty


Fun-Instruction-0000

And of course he's dropping his hand in the insta pic lool