A new video on Pimblett\u2019s YouTube channel shows \u201cThe Baddy\u201d leveling up his striking game, which is definitely where he\u2019s weakest against knockout artist Topuria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to get that striking timing better if I\u2019m fighting \u2018El Chorizo,\u2019\u201d he said, using his mocking nickname for Topuria. \u201cThat\u2019s a lot of what I\u2019m going to work on. But my grappling always feels phenomenal. When I get people on the floor, they don\u2019t get up, lad. I smother people. Like Khamzat against DDP on the weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce I get you down and I\u2019m on top of you, I\u2019m smothering you, lad. You\u2019re not getting up. I\u2019m controlling you. I\u2019m making you feel my weight, and making you feel some shots at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pimblett has been on a near non-stop travel tour since his last win in April, but is now home and back at the gym preparing for what he hopes will be a lightweight title shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re building towards it, waiting, trying to find out,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we know, you will know.\u201d<\/p>\n
His team is working under the assumption that Pimblett will fight in December or early 2026, either in a top five fight or for the belt. The UFC hasn\u2019t tipped their hand either way at this point, although Topuria has said he\u2019d accept a fight with \u201cThe Baddy\u201d with no demands attached.<\/a><\/p>\n The ease of making the fight plus the amount of money<\/a> and attention generated by it could sway the UFC to set up Topuria vs. Pimblett despite more worthy contenders in the wings. With the promotion\u2019s new broadcast deal with Paramount starting in January 2026, \u201cThe Baddy\u201d vs. \u201cEl Matador\u201d is the perfect grudge match<\/a> to kick things off with a bang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new video on Pimblett\u2019s YouTube channel shows \u201cThe Baddy\u201d leveling up his striking game, which is definitely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,702],"class_list":["post-127068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}