{"id":30904,"date":"2026-10-02T10:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30904"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:48:19","slug":"paddy-pimblett-is-open-to-fighting-anyone-in-ufcs-lightweight-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=30904","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett is open to fighting &#8216;anyone&#8217; in UFC&#8217;s lightweight division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-label\">Trending:<\/span><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border\"\/><span class=\"exactmetrics-inline-popular-posts-border-2\"\/>Darren Till gets honest about his performance in win over Yoel Romero<span class=\"photo-credit\">Zuffa LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UFC star Paddy Pimblett has explained why he\u2019s open to fighting anyone in the lightweight division as he looks to the future.<\/p>\n<p>In mixed martial arts, it\u2019s important to have a proper persona behind you if you are going to be a superstar in the sport. Paddy Pimblett is a great example of that, with the Liverpudlian being a real fan favorite, whether it be because of his fight style, his walkout, or just the way in which he sells fights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: Paddy Pimblett scorches Ilia Topuria for \u2018glove tampering\u2019 allegations against Justin Gaethje<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After his most recent win, Paddy Pimblett is hunting down a title opportunity, but the current expectation from many is that Justin Gaethje will defend the UFC lightweight championship against either Arman Tsarukyan or Ilia Topuria in his next fight.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Paddy Pimblett had the following to say about the state of his division and who he would be interested in facing, specifically noting Tsarukyan\u2019s win over Mauricio Ruffy.<\/p>\n<h3>Paddy Pimblett\u2019s eyes are on the prize<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRuffy is good, but he\u2019s ranked [No] 7,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just beat ranked [No] 5, so since UFC 300, he hasn\u2019t beat anyone ranked higher than I\u2019ve beat in over two years, but somehow, he\u2019s next for the title?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll just fight whoever\u2019s name gets put on a contract to me. I don\u2019t turn down any fights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never turned down a fight. If Arman gets offered to me, I\u2019ll fight him. If Ilia gets offered to me, I\u2019ll fight him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Charles [Oliveira], if Justin, I\u2019ll fight anyone. I don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via Bloody Elbow<\/p>\n<p>Paddy has the potential to become a world champion, but it\u2019s safe to say that things are getting pretty crowded at 155 pounds in the title picture.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Pimblett fight next in the promotion? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-1 mt-0 os-source\">This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/paddy-pimblett\/paddy-pimblett-is-open-to-fighting-anyone-in-ufcs-lightweight-division\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=paddy-pimblett-is-open-to-fighting-anyone-in-ufcs-lightweight-division\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trending:Darren Till gets honest about his performance in win over Yoel RomeroZuffa LLC UFC star Paddy Pimblett has explained why he\u2019s open to fighting anyone in the lightweight division as he looks to the future. In mixed martial arts, it\u2019s important to have a proper persona behind you if you are going to be a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[309,608,567,276,491,492,394],"class_list":["post-30904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fighters","tag-division","tag-fighting","tag-lightweight","tag-open","tag-paddy","tag-pimblett","tag-ufcs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}