Lightweight contender Paddy Pimblett suffered his first UFC loss on Jan. 24 in the UFC 324 main event. He was defeated by Justin Geathje for the interim 155-pound championship via unanimous decision. During the five-round bout, Gaethje dropped Pimblett and staggered him several times.
Fortunately, Pimblett didn’t suffer a concussion or any other injuries in the fight and wants to return the octagon sooner than many expected.
“I’ll be back in the summer,” Pimblett said on his YouTube channel. “Just let me know when and where, Hunter [Campbell] , Dana [White], Sean [Shelby], and I’m ready to go. I haven’t got any injuries. People keep going, ‘Oh, the damage he took, he’s going to have to take months off.’ I didn’t even have a concussion. I never had no headaches after it. All I had was a marked face and sore eye balls after getting poked in them.”
Pimblett not only has a targeted timeframe for his next fight, he has a list of names for potential opponents. Benoit Saint Denis, who passed him in the rankings, sits atop the list.
“It pissed me off that Saint Denis has moved above me for beating that bum Dan Hooker,” Pimblett said. “Why has Saint Denis moved above me for beating the bum Dan Hooker, who’s f*cking sh*t? What’s going on there?”
“I’ll fight anyone,” Pimblett continued. “I just know whatever name gets sent to me on a contract, I sign it and I fight them. But Saint Denis sounds like a good fight to me. Europe’s two best lightweights going at it against each other. Or, I won’t get the winner, but the loser of Max [Holloway]-Charles [Oliveira]. F*ck, I’ll fight Arman [Tsarukyan] if you want me to. I don’t give a f*ck. I’ll fight anyone.”
