{"id":312106,"date":"2025-11-28T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312106\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:49:17","slug":"paddy-pimblett-vs-justin-gaethje-headlines-ufc-324","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/312106\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett vs. Justin Gaethje headlines UFC 324"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">During the halftime show of NFL\u2019s big Thanksgiving game between Dallas Cowboys vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO, Dana White, dropped a bombshell. The first main event of the <a href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/482924\/3263966\/3065?subId1=sbnation&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paramountplus.com%2Faccount%2Fsignup%2Fpickplan%2F\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount+\/CBS <\/a>era is set: Justin Gaethje will collide with U.K.-based superstar, Paddy Pimblett, for the interim Lightweight title atop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-fight-announcements\/404232\/report-dana-white-co-book-first-fight-under-paramount-deal-for-2026-adds-electric-showdown-to-ufc-324-fight-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 324<\/a>, which will take place inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the co-main event, women\u2019s Bantamweight roost-ruler, Kayla Harrison, will face former UFC champion \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/11\/24406520\/amanda-nunes-teases-ufc-return-opposite-harrison-vs-pena-victor-the-lioness-espn-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">no longer-retired<\/a> \u2014 Amanda Nunes in a long-anticipated showdown between ex-teammates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 37-year-old is 3-1 in his last four fights, already a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/10\/24\/21530073\/ufc-254-full-fight-video-highlights-khabib-vs-gaethje-espn-ppv-results-fight-island-abu-dhabi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-time UFC Lightweight title challenger<\/a>, and now has the chance to become a two-time interim champion after first claiming the strap in 2020 against Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pimblett (23-3), meanwhile, will make his first walk toward UFC gold after starting his career inside the Octagon at a perfect (7-0) clip. \u201cThe Baddy\u201d is coming off the biggest win of his career, a third-round stoppage over Michael Chandler (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/4\/13\/24406963\/highlights-flawless-paddy-pimblett-bloodies-strangles-michael-chandler-shutout-win-ufc-314\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>), which followed a first-round submission win over Tony Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The reigning Bantamweight queen (19-1) has basically obliterated every opponent she\u2019s faced since joining UFC, winning the 135-pound title by submitting Julianna Pena with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2025\/6\/8\/24445179\/ufc-316-results-kayla-harrison-submits-bitter-rival-julianna-pena-crowned-bantamweight-champion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brutal kimura in her most recent outing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">She\u2019ll now welcome the return of Amanda Nunes (23-5), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2023\/6\/11\/23756890\/amanda-nunes-knew-the-whole-time-she-was-going-to-retire-after-ufc-289\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who briefly stepped away<\/a> from the sport after cementing herself as the greatest women\u2019s fighter in UFC history. A two-division champion with victories over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/2\/21\/22294709\/ufc-259-free-fight-watch-amanda-nunes-nuke-ronda-rousey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eight former champions<\/a>, \u201cThe Lioness\u201d now aims to become a three-time Bantamweight titleholder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Big stakes. Interesting matchups. The CBS\/Paramount+ era is starting with an interesting bang!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the halftime show of NFL\u2019s big Thanksgiving game between Dallas Cowboys vs. Kansas City Chiefs, Ultimate Fighting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,49483,702],"class_list":["post-312106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-fight-announcements","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312106","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=312106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}