I samband med UFC London tog Liverpoolsonen Paddy Pimblett hem sin tredje raka seger i organisationen. Nu har engelsmannen delat med sig av sina tankar angående matchen.
Paddy Pimblett: Varenda slag var för att avsluta honom
Pimblett ställdes mot Jordan Leavitt under UFC London. 27-åringen klev in i buren med två raka avslut i ryggen. Pimblett hittade en rear-naked choke i matchens andra rond. Under en intervju på The Pat McAfee Show berättade engelsmannen om den ovannämnda matchen. Bland annat berättade Pimblett att han var missnöjd med sin insats. Transkribering via MMA Fighting.
That’s just how I am sometimes. I was disappointed in my performance, I felt like I should have went out there and blasted him out in a round. I know I still finished him, finished someone that’s never been finished before. He’s had 11 pro fights, lost one, and never been finished and I choked his ass. He got dealt with like I knew he was going to get dealt with. I said the whole time he’s going to get finished, I thought it was going to be a knockout but he defends punches well, it’s quite weird. He doesn’t like to defend them in a skillful way, but he defends them well and then he just grabs a hold of you.
Vidare berättade Pimblett att han var väldigt emotionell inför fighten och att varje slag han skickade iväg var för att avsluta sin motståndare.
But I think I won the first round on all judges’ scorecards and then got the finish in the second, so I’m not too fussed. Obviously, when I look back now I realize I was being very emotional going into the fight. I watched it back today and every punch I throw I’m trying to take his head off. I didn’t throw a punch where I’m trying to set a shot up, I’m just walking forward throwing punches.
Pimblett berättade även hur det kommer sig att han i regel får uppleva både motgångar och framgångar under matcherna. Engelsmannen hävdade att han tycker om att bli slagen.
I can fight like that every time. I’m a big, fat bastard at the minute, but if someone rang me now and said, ‘Get outside for a straightener,’ I’d be out there beating them up. I enjoy getting punched and punching people in the face. It sounds very weird, but I enjoy it.
Pimblett står med ett totalt matchfacit som lyder 19-3-0.
