{"id":638304,"date":"2026-04-29T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638304\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:11:08","slug":"ufc-paddy-pimblett-blames-ego-for-loss-to-justin-gaethje-as-camp-starts-for-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/638304\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC: Paddy Pimblett blames ego for loss to Justin Gaethje as camp starts for comeback fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pimblett threw 170 strikes to Gaethje&#8217;s 200, with a majority of the contest being contested on the feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gaethje, 37, knocked Pimblett down twice on the way to securing the interim belt and a shot at Ilia Topuria at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/mixed-martial-arts\/articles\/c743r0kl4wjo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC White House<\/a> on 14 June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pimblett is back in camp and aiming to return to action at UFC 329 in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 31-year-old is waiting to be assigned an opponent but Frenchman Benoit Saint-Denis, currently on a four-fight winning streak, is rumoured to be the current frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pimblett says he is eager to have a rematch with Gaethje in future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve got to show everyone why I deserved to get that title shot, show everyone that I&#8217;m going to be getting another one in the near future,&#8221; Pimblett said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I hope [Justin] beats Ilia so I can fight him again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m hoping for. He&#8217;s got a big ask, beating Ilia Topuria.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pimblett threw 170 strikes to Gaethje&#8217;s 200, with a majority of the contest being contested on the feet.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-638304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638304","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=638304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}