{"id":427286,"date":"2026-01-21T07:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427286\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T07:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:55:07","slug":"paddy-pimblett-vs-justin-gaethje-ufc-324-i-can-teach-pimblett-some-lessons-says-gaethje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427286\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett vs Justin Gaethje: UFC 324 &#8211; I can teach Pimblett &#8216;some lessons&#8217;, says Gaethje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Justin Gaethje is confident he can &#8220;teach&#8221; Paddy Pimblett &#8220;some lessons&#8221; when the pair meet in the octagon on Saturday at UFC 324.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The lightweights will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/c4gvp75evzxo\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">contest the interim title<\/a> in Las Vegas, with the experienced 37-year-old Gaethje admitting he is the underdog.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pimblett, 31, said he expects to finish Gaethje within three rounds and described the American as a &#8220;boxer with leg kicks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I hope he&#8217;s overconfident in himself, just like I was when I was 30 years old, so I can teach him some lessons,&#8221; Gaethje told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is 25 minutes in time. Nothing from the past, nothing from the future can determine it. It&#8217;s about being perfect. Who&#8217;s more perfect? Who makes mistakes? Who doesn&#8217;t make mistakes, who&#8217;s more prepared?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to take Paddy into the fourth, fifth round. Really hurt him, and I&#8217;m looking forward to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Gaethje is confident he can &#8220;teach&#8221; Paddy Pimblett &#8220;some lessons&#8221; when the pair meet in the octagon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-427286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}