Mateusz Gamrot thinks Paddy Pimblett was fraud checked at UFC 324.
Pimblett (23-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) lost a five-round battle to Justin Gaethje for the UFC interim lightweight title last month at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. “The Baddy” proved durable, but was ultimately battered for five rounds.
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“Well, here politics, media presence, and ticket sales won,” Gamrot said in a translated interview with In The Cage Poland. “They wanted to push Paddy at all costs to make him champion. Fortunately or unfortunately, Gaethje simply ruined those plans.
“I think now they’ve brought him back down to earth, and he’ll be more accessible for other fighters, meaning for us to fight him, and also show where his place really is. If you’re asking about the technical aspect, it wasn’t top level. I think (Dan) Hooker perfectly summed it up by saying that Paddy looked like a jumping giraffe with his hands on his stomach and didn’t know how to find himself in there.”
Gamrot (25-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC), who’s coming off a short-notice loss to Charles Oliveira in the UFC Fight Night 261 headliner this past October, thinks now is his best chance to draw Pimblett after previously calling him out.
“I think it would be a great situation if I could face him and get the chance to fight Paddy,” Gamrot said. “Because firstly, it would be a great fight for me, but not necessarily for him. I think then I could verify all those gaps in his game.”
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Mateusz Gamrot wants Paddy Pimblett after UFC ‘wanted to push him’
