{"id":303478,"date":"2024-07-17T06:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/paddy-pimblett-not-looking-to-leave-ufc-wants-to-re-sign"},"modified":"2024-07-17T06:51:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:51:29","slug":"paddy-pimblett-not-looking-to-leave-ufc-wants-to-re-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/paddy-pimblett-not-looking-to-leave-ufc-wants-to-re-sign","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett Not Wanting To Depart UFC, Needs To Re-signal!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.7458286986\">\n<section id=\"cb-a6035afc090f08d1fbececad5840eb25\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-620f395a-1281-4c47-9027-8419f5c23f54-327618982-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-620f395a-1281-4c47-9027-8419f5c23f54-327618982-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bobby\" alt=\"Bobby\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/74\/16by9\/2024\/07\/14\/74b86077433744af9c7a53557ce8654f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6035afc090f08d1fbececad5840eb25--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-818b5dbeae3ac0a303ff53d333b91aaf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.8725490196\">\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry UFC fans, if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/paddy-pimblett\/\"><strong>Paddy Pimblett<\/strong><\/a> has it his way &#8230; he&#8217;ll be sticking around the UFC once his current contract with the promotion runs out, telling <strong>TMZ Sports <\/strong>the UFC is the place he wants to be!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-818b5dbeae3ac0a303ff53d333b91aaf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d50dbd35025597cb67fc96cfbdf98b6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.783269962\">\n<p>We caught up with Paddy &#8220;The Baddy&#8221; as the star MMA fighter prepares for his upcoming bout vs. <strong>Bobby &#8220;King&#8221; Green <\/strong>at UFC 304 in Manchester, England. A fight, for Pimblett, which could mark the last with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dana-white\/\"><strong>Dana White<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s promotion &#8230; &#8217;cause it&#8217;s the last on his deal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d50dbd35025597cb67fc96cfbdf98b6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-25c22badfecbf0caa6ca1ef7419e6117\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Paddy&#8217;s been asked about his future in recent interviews, and some have perceived him to be signaling a desire to go elsewhere.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-25c22badfecbf0caa6ca1ef7419e6117--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4013da3d39ebe68492933dca601f6477\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240716_090dada7c472473c816d8b02ac18932a\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f93c7f2c-8b61-45d8-a197-c9f8e78bf316\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2024\/07\/16\/090dada7c472473c816d8b02ac18932a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Paddy Pimblett sub 2\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4013da3d39ebe68492933dca601f6477--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c5591f2fce6e0969813ad4e902509a10\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Pimblett, however, tells us that&#8217;s just BS!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c5591f2fce6e0969813ad4e902509a10--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e667342a7640be83733f8515e36decee\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>&#8220;I want to be in the UFC, the pinnacle of the sport,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e667342a7640be83733f8515e36decee--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7f06da33916713d137ef51234c27a972\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;No other MMA promotion comes near it. I said something in an interview the other day, and they put it out of context and put a post up like I wanted to leave the UFC. It&#8217;s crazy how people don&#8217;t actually listen to the interview and just jump on that one little thing that&#8217;s being posted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7f06da33916713d137ef51234c27a972--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-899c5050f568179421a220ee4673b0d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27\">\n<p>Paddy seems to leave no doubt with his answer &#8230; he&#8217;s happy where he is.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-899c5050f568179421a220ee4673b0d6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5f795a8805fbb300bdbaf5a5ca07365f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240716_233a479759e646e1873b24d37c03c4f8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f93c7f2c-8b61-45d8-a197-c9f8e78bf316\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/23\/4by3\/2024\/07\/16\/233a479759e646e1873b24d37c03c4f8_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Paddy Pimblet\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5f795a8805fbb300bdbaf5a5ca07365f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78e03ac43cc5df2db1b547204c2acf2f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>Looking to his fight against Green, Pimblett says he isn&#8217;t intimidated by the 15th-ranked UFC vet&#8217;s trash talk, even calling the lightweight &#8220;arrogant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78e03ac43cc5df2db1b547204c2acf2f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a28ba893b6e57a8e4ae07ee7c8eef12e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s just him,&#8221; Paddy said. &#8220;It&#8217;s his personality, he just says things. I&#8217;ll leave him to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a28ba893b6e57a8e4ae07ee7c8eef12e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-83637d943c305d8fa75e464b88d8df2b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>While Paddy said he&#8217;s looking forward to &#8220;punching his face in,&#8221; &#8230; he&#8217;s also excited to be fighting close to home in his native country of England.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-83637d943c305d8fa75e464b88d8df2b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7c294d1a769bcc192cf226b4547bb261\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240425_5bb004701dc24bdc98544a5dcdfd1cda\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:f93c7f2c-8b61-45d8-a197-c9f8e78bf316\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/5b\/4by3\/2024\/04\/25\/5bb004701dc24bdc98544a5dcdfd1cda_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Paddy Pimblett fighting sub_\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7c294d1a769bcc192cf226b4547bb261--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-deba28097cf96b98153c6e4cd85f029a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice to be local,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s nice to be back home. Even the shows we&#8217;ve done in the past they&#8217;ve been in London, which is like a four-hour car journey away. Manchester is like 30 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-deba28097cf96b98153c6e4cd85f029a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-289ae2f75dd6896d23f78c9cff5d5c19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>UFC 304 goes down on July 27 &#8230; and if Paddy gets his way, it won&#8217;t be his last UFC homecoming!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-289ae2f75dd6896d23f78c9cff5d5c19--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/07\/17\/paddy-pimblett-wants-resign-ufc-contract-dana-white-mma-bobby-king-green\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content TMZSports.com Don&#8217;t worry UFC fans, if Paddy Pimblett has it his way &#8230; he&#8217;ll be sticking around the UFC once his current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303478\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}