UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley has some sage advice for newcomer Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett. Pimblett is notorious for his enormous weight gain in between fights, often packing on fifty pounds while out of the Octagon. Sean O’Malley, who maintains his long, lean frame to fight at the 135-pound bantamweight limit, discussed Pimblett’s eating habits on The Timbo Sugar Show
“It will age you quick. I never really get fat ever, but even when I’m bigger, it’s like I can’t train. I mean, I still can and I feel stronger at that weight, but it’s not realistic. I’m not going to be 159 [pounds] in the cage ever. I get in the cage 155, 154, whatever, so it’s just not good.
Sean O’Malley Warns Paddy The Baddy About Weight Gain: “It Will Age You Quick”
It’s not good. He probably never was really making a ton of money. Now he’s making good money, he’s traveling to the United States, he’s going to L.A. eating all this, all those opportunities. I would love to go eat with him.”
Paddy Pimblett’s tendency to balloon in between his fights has not gone unnoticed by other UFC personalities, either. UFC president Dana White recently discussed his take on Pimblett’s habit of gaining weight, and how it affects the UFC’s ability to set up fights for him.
“It’s not good for you. We all know that. We know that fluctuating and cutting that much weight is very bad, and it definitely doesn’t prolong your career. It’s tough on your body and your organs and stuff like that, but listen: He’s a grown man. He can do whatever the hell he wants to do.
It makes it tough for us too, because when we’re in the matchmaking room, we want to throw together a fight, maybe we can throw him on a card in a month, a month-and-a-half, it hurts us too.
We have to be very specific when we plan fights for him, because he’s nowhere near close to weight, and what you don’t want to do is put that kind of pressure to cut that much weight in that short amount of time.”
Paddy Pimblett maintains his training schedule despite packing on the pounds, but cuts down to 155 pounds to make the UFC lightweight limit. Whether he will be able to continue doing so for long is another story, as Pimblett’s undeniable star power has him eyeing a title charge.
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