Justin Gaethje: 'Paddy Pimblett kicks like a | MMA News
Justin Gaethje grew to become a two-time interim light-weight champion at UFC 324 on Jan. 24 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “The Highlight” confronted Paddy Pimblett in the struggle card’s main event and soundly defeated “The Baddy” via unanimous determination.
In November, champion Ilia Topuria announced that he was taking an prolonged break from preventing to deal with divorce. It was unknown how long the champion could be sidelined but he indicated that he wouldn’t be preventing in the first quarter of 2026. In his absence, the struggle promotion opted to crown an interim titleholder.
In the struggle with Pimblett, Gaethje opted to circle toward Pimblett’s energy hand, one thing former flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson questioned. Johnson demonstrated that he’d have met Gaethje with leg kicks if he had been to make use of the same tactic against him.
“He was kicking me though, but he kicked like a b*tch. So I was like, I can walk through that. Once I figured I could walk through it, then it was money,” Gaethje said on Johnson’s YouTube channel.
Gaethje’s method in the Pimblett struggle was particularly tailor-made for Pimblett. He admitted wouldn’t use the same strategy against somebody like Johnson.
“It’s always fascinating like how the way he moves. He wants to circle into power, but at the same time, he said he would fight me totally different because my footwork is so much better than Paddy Pimblett’s. And it makes sense,” Johnson said.
“Sometimes in fighting you take those trade-offs where it’s like, okay, I’m going to circle into Paddy’s power because he can’t f*cking hit hard. He can’t kick hard.”
The newly topped interim titleholder is predicted to face Topuria later this 12 months in a title unification bout. If Gaethje had his manner, it will be at the UFC White House event in June.
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