Paddy Pimblett ‘talking the talk, walking the walk’

Dustin Poirier had good issues to say about Paddy Pimblett when requested in regards to the rising UFC star.

Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) has usually been criticized and discredited since becoming a member of the UFC roster, however “The Diamond” preferred what he noticed out of him in his most up-to-date outing. Pimblett turned the primary fighter to submit King Inexperienced within the octagon, needing lower than a spherical to choke him out final month at UFC 304.

The end earned Pimblett a spot within the UFC’s light-weight rankings, and Poirier was impressed together with his efficiency.

“He’s one other a kind of guys whose trajectory is like, if he retains doing what he’s doing, he’s going to be – not that he’s not large, however he’s heading in the right direction,” Poirier informed MMA Junkie.

“Whenever you discuss like that and folks like your character, and also you go on the market and end guys, you understand, vets and legends like Bobby. After all, going into the combat, I knew he might win, however to complete Bobby Inexperienced that means, I used to be very shocked. He’s speaking the discuss, strolling the stroll, man.”

After submitting Inexperienced, Pimblett referred to as out Renato Moicano, who’s at the moment slated to face Benoit Saint Denis in a UFC Combat Night time headliner Sept. 28 in Paris. Pimblett earned a whopping $200,000 bonus for his end of Inexperienced.