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UFC London Star Paddy Pimblett Wants to Feed Children With Conor McGregor’s $200 Million

Published 03/22/2022, 9:15 AM EDT

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Paddy Pimblett (18-3-0) the Orthodox UFC lightweight contender, who won 2 of his UFC matches in the first round, is expected to be a rising lightweight prodigy. He is just a one-year-old in UFC and has everyone’s attention. Pimblett could do more than fighting if he gets paid as Conor McGregor. The fighter prefers to spend his UFC money to feed kids and eradicate starvation, eventually stopping kids from having food from food banks in Liverpool.

After displaying a majestic performance at the UFC Fight Night, later in the press conference, he said,

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“My city keeps me grounded. I hope I do end up earning as much money as Conor McGregor’s lad. Then no child in my city would ever eat from a food bank ever again. I’m gonna give back to my city.”

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Something I’ve been planning on doing the past few months is to start me own charity and think after this fight I’m gonna get it done.”

Paddy Pimblett vs Rodrigo Vargas

‘The baddy’ threw a spectacular performance, which has caught the attention of all other UFC stars and the entire combat fans’ base. Pimblett went full throttle against Rodrigo Vargas at UFC London’s O2 arena. He took over Rodrigo Vargas through submission in the first round. Bout started, with both of them exchanging punches.

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Pimblett eventually pulled up a hip toss followed by a rear neck choke, causing the Mexican to tap out. It was a smooth finish by ‘The Baddy. ‘Pimblett was performing after six months.

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In his debut fight, the Scouser gained a dominant victory against Luigi Vendramini at UFC Fight Night, Brunson vs. Till. ‘The Italian Stallion’, started the match aggressively, but Pimblett turned down him with a right hook to the chin and won his debut fight by a clean knout at the first round.

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The UFC president, Dana White, spoke with the media at UFC London.

White said, “I’ll give you an example, so on my instagram i posted face-offs yesterday from heavyweight fight did 120,000 views on my instagram  paddy’s face off did 1.3 million. So all the talk going in this fight about his walk in and all this ,listen its real this kid’s got of a ton of hype behind him and tonight he showed everybody that he’s the real deal.”

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Could he possibly start charity work with UFC money? Will he get paid similar to Conor McGregor?

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Vinay Vinod is a UFC writer for EssentiallySports. As a state-level amateur kickboxer and a national-level karate athlete, he prides himself on his ability to read fighters and make an in-depth analysis into the fight styles of athletes across traditional martial arts and combat sports. Considering Vinay's martial arts background, he is an ardent supporter of Israel Adesanya, Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson, and Lyoto Machida.
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