UFC star Paddy "The Baddy" Pimblett stops by Tobin and Leroy to discuss his UFC 314 Co-Main Event Spot in Miami, FL. He discusses wanting to see Luis Suarez at Inter Miami CF match. He believes he'll beat Michael Chandler than beat old Dustin Poirier. He also can't believe Ilia Topuria didn't defend his 145lbs belt vs Alexander Volkanovski and thinks he would manhandle Topuria at lightweight.
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00:00You got the music going you're trying to you're trying to suck up here Marcos
00:03I can already tell you got the man. He's coming out here. We can what I can already feel
00:07It's gonna be like big three-air again. Oh
00:09Paddy the bad
00:12Kaseya center is gonna be rocking when this man comes to the heats house coming up the UFC 314
00:20Let's get him on here in the co-main event
00:22But he may be the people's main event taking on Michael Chandler
00:25Paddy the baddie Pimblet joining us here on the show Paddy. Thanks for the time man. Really appreciate it. No, thank you for having me
00:33We're good man, we can't wait to see you in action down here in April for UFC 314
00:39That is going to be an absolute blast
00:41Do you do you get the goosies every single time you hear the people chant your name?
00:45Like I imagine that's got to be an unbelievable feeling that never gets old when they start doing the paddy the baddie chant
00:50Yeah, never ever ever gets old and it never will it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up
00:57How long have you did you have an idea that Miami was a possibility?
01:01Was this a destination that you you had in mind that you potentially wanted to go to or was this something that came along quickly?
01:08No, this is a show that I wanted to fight on and I've never been to Miami before I've always wanted to go
01:14So why not fight there?
01:16The fight with Chandler got mentioned in like December and the card that I wanted to fight on was Miami UFC
01:24314 so when we was discussing it, there was stuff was like, well, it'd be later
01:29Well, it'd be a different day. So as I know I want to fight April 12th in Miami
01:34Is it like normally how often how early do you normally go?
01:40To a card to like train because you know, you're coming down a little bit later for this one
01:47How early do you normally go?
01:49Normally, it's about 12 days before so normally I fly
01:53Yeah
01:53Normally, I'll fly on like the Wednesday not the week of the week before
01:57This town on a Friday Thursday because Liverpool be football team have a game on the Wednesday night against our city rivals
02:05So wait, you're that hardcore of a sports fan Patty that you're like, I'm not doing that on TV
02:09I have to catch them in person. It's that bit. That's it's that important to you
02:13Yeah
02:14I have to live up really gonna win the league this year and I was at the game against ever in the other week when
02:19They scored the last minute equalizer and we drew to all so I need to be there and live and in person when we absolutely
02:27demolished them at our home ground
02:29So you would disagree with the statement that that Messi and the pinks at Inter Miami would kill Liverpool
02:39I
02:43Hope when I'm there that there isn't into Miami game
02:45No, I'd love to go watch them know what I mean messy push gets a squad as who's one of our best players ever
02:52Here's what I would say stadiums a little bit smaller
03:00What do you what do you make a Chandler as an opponent man
03:02He's obviously been at the you know, the highest of heights in the sport
03:05Like how do you look at this one as a test against him?
03:08No every fight to test no matter who it is
03:11No, you can't overlook anybody or think that you've already won us
03:15I've done that in the past and I have the worst performance ever against Jared Gordon news Chandler's teammates. Oh
03:21I've learned a good lesson from that
03:23You can't ever overlook anybody because once that cage door shut anyone come with it doesn't matter
03:28But I was I respect Michael Chandler. I mean he's coming to the USA and he's only for the top of the division
03:34he's only for killers and
03:36I'm gonna come in and prove that I'm another killer that everyone needs to stop on the rest of mine
03:41Do you feel like from your from your standpoint?
03:43I'm sure you've been excited to get to this point of taking on a top 10 guy to kind of vault up the the rankings
03:48but like
03:49You you you deal with the the haters and doubters all the time like in your performances
03:54Like how excited are you just the idea like this is your chance now to just kind of show everybody. No. No, I'm the real deal
04:01Well, yeah, I already know I'm the real deal
04:03It's just showing people but at the same time when I beat Michael Chandler the goalposts will get moved again
04:09No, I mean when I beat Bobby Green before the fight everyone was like Bobby's gonna knock him out
04:14He's not on that level. And then when I choked them unconscious
04:18Everyone was like, oh Bobby's old Bobby was never gonna win. No, I mean, so it's gonna be the same
04:23I know when I beat Michael Chandler everyone I'd be like, oh Chandler's old
04:27He's only ever one to fight the new SG pad. He's not that good. So I'm used to it
04:32Can I just tell you that's what terrifies me about somebody who could choke you out? That's a terrible way to lose
04:41Like
04:43Overhand right gets in and I get knocked out. I
04:47Can live with that but to get choked out and have to beg somebody to stop choking me like stop
04:54Stop like that is the worst way
04:57that is the worst way to lose a fight and and so when I see fires like you sometimes it's
05:04You know, it's not as free-flowing as a two people who are in there boxing each other's brains out
05:11But once you get your hooks on somebody
05:14It's night-night and and that's terrifying
05:18Yeah, I personally I'd rather get choked unconscious and go asleep
05:25Yeah, you wouldn't catch me tappin I just go unconscious and go asleep
05:30I just definitely rather not get knocked out. No way. It's also that mentality, too
05:35So yeah, like you gotta have the mentality like just put me to sleep. I'm not tapping out
05:41Like that in itself is crazy to me
05:46Like the first side of up
05:52You don't even consider it
05:56The only way I would consider it obviously if it's an arm like way, okay
06:00Not me arm or leg lock where it's gonna snap me me. But even then I'd do me best not to talk
06:07You dogs going nuts in the house. Yeah
06:09What are you doing
06:15What kind of dog is it what do you got
06:23They don't care
06:32By the way Patti our producer Marcos who's a huge fan of yours
06:35He's letting us know the day after UFC 314 in April. The inter Miami is playing Chicago
06:41So you got it. You got to get the hookup with Beckham man
06:43You got it. You got to get you to the stadium after after you beat Michael Chandler
06:47Yeah
06:52Meet one of me heroes when I was a child Louie Suarez and obviously a messy the best player I've ever seen live a
07:00Couple things in your division. I want to ask you about Patty
07:02Were you surprised at all that to Porya ended up going up to
07:06155 because there was some talk that this was gonna be a title defense against Volkanovski verse at featherweight and then all of a
07:12Sudden he's he's jumping up to your weight class. What did you make of that?
07:15Yeah, I thought he was gonna defend know what I mean?
07:18He's only defended the belt once I'm I think it was a I know he's not a lot of people out
07:23But against both both had only just recovered from getting head kicked 12 weeks earlier and not clean out by Islam
07:30So I think every four balls again, it'd be a different fight
07:34I think he I've run away from both
07:36But you know, you can't really say that because he knocked him out with a with a punch
07:40Last year, but I think he knew Volk was gonna give him a room for his money
07:44So he thought no, I'll just vacate and I'll move up. Well, I don't understand why he's moved up. He's tiny
07:53Saying he can't make the weight anymore, but he's tiny
07:55He's not even a big featherweight never mind big enough for lightweight if he fights Islam
08:00He'll get manhandled and he'll get submitted. So I don't even understand why he's moved up
08:06What about I mean like listen, that could be something that that that you see in the future now that is in your weight class
08:10What do you imagine you do against him? I think I'm also manhandling
08:14No, I mean anyone who's ever fought only started have a boxing match with him, which is just stupid
08:18He's got good boxing. He's got power in his arms
08:21We'll have to see how the power transfers up to 155 because he's fighting bigger men and if I fought him
08:28I just kick him around the cage until I took him down and then
08:33Do you feel like it was it was a little bit of a back-and-forth between you and Dustin Poirier
08:38He said he didn't want to do his last fight against you
08:40But if you beat Michael Chandler, like do you feel like hey would it would that you know peak his interest?
08:45You think to maybe do a Poirier fight or no interest from you on that?
08:49Yeah, no, of course, I'm interested in fighting anyone with Frank above me and Dustin Poirier is half a legend
08:54I meant no disrespect when I said stuff about Poirier, but I think he took it personally
09:00So, you know if he wants to get beat up
09:03I'd beat him up because I think he's another person who I beat like most of the top five of my division
09:08They're on the way out. They're getting old and I just know this is a young man's sport
09:11I'm just coming into me prime
09:14When I beat Chandler, I'll probably mention Poirier I mentioned Charles mentioned earlier
09:19Cuz they're the people above me that I want to fight and again
09:23I think I beat Dustin Poirier, but I can understand where he's coming from
09:27No
09:27I mean if he is only having one more fight then I wouldn't fight me either because you don't want to finish your career on
09:32A loss and you want to try and get as much money in as you possibly can
09:37Patty we're very excited to see you man. Come down here UFC 314 April 12th at the Casas Center get your tickets
09:44Be there in the building. I'm sure the building's gonna be rocking and singing. Oh
09:47Patty the bat it's gonna be I can already see Marcos. He's he's already vibing to it
09:52Patty thanks for the time man. We can't wait. You know that he is later
09:57There you go. Patty the batty pimblet appreciate him
10:02That dude's hilarious, yeah, man