Paddy Pimblett is the next big thing for the UFC in the European market. The 27-year-old is a hugely popular fighter back in his home country, England. Meanwhile, the fighter from Liverpool has made strides in the MMA community with his debut win in the UFC. ‘The Baddy’ is wholly aware of it and bets on himself to even surpass the ‘Notorious’ Conor McGregor.

In a conversation with Brett Okamoto of ESPN, Pimblett made some predictions about himself for the year 2022. Notably, the Brit prospect had nice things to say about himself. Which included racking up three consecutive victories and subsequently becoming the next big thing in the UFC.

“I think I’m going to go 3-0 in the UFC and become the biggest box office name. You’ve got besides Conor McGregor. Besides him, I am gonna be the biggest box office name. Because he is the name. If I fought him. It’d be the most box offices sold ever. Because people want to see him get beat and people want to see him win and people want to see me get beat and people want to see me win,” Pimblett replied to Okamoto.

When ESPN journalist Brett Okamoto asked him how Pimblett aims to achieve all this in one year. The Liverpudlian only had one thing to say.“Because I am the baddy… Everyone loves the baddy.”

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Pimblett is currently walking off a first-round knockout victory over Luigi Vendramini in his UFC debut last year. The Brit is not half wrong about himself as he has amassed himself a hefty MMA resume of  17 wins and 3 losses at just 27 years of age.

Paddy Pimblett on Dustin Poirier

In a conversation with another British MMA legend, Michael Bisping. Pimblett gave his brutally honest opinion on the Dustin Poirier vs. Charles Oliveira scrap.

The Brit told ‘The Count’ that he initially put his cards on Dustin Poirier, however, after watching the results, he did a 360-degree turn.

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“I went with Poirier over Oliveira. And lad, after watching that fight as well, I’m watching that thinking, ‘Lad, if Oliveira can do that to you, Dustin, I can,'” Pimblett told Bisping.

Dustin Poirier met the current undisputed lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira, in the headliner of UFC 269. Although ‘The Diamond’ went inside the octagon as a heavy favorite, it was actually ‘Do Bronx’ who got the better of the former interim lightweight champion.

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Do you think Paddy Pimblett will make it big in 2022? Can he stand together with Conor McGregor? Tell us in the comments below.