{"id":432159,"date":"2026-01-25T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/432159\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T11:09:07","slug":"paddy-pimblett-taken-to-hospital-after-ufc-324-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/432159\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett taken to hospital after UFC 324 war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Better to be safe than sorry &#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Following the brutal conclusion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-324-news-results-paramount-streaming-updates-mma\/414187\/ufc-324-live-results-highlights-play-by-play-gaethje-vs-pimblett\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC 324<\/a> last night (Sat., Jan. 24, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, promotion officials confirmed to MMAmania.com that two fighters were transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons after sustaining significant damage in their respective bouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The fighters were the main event loser Paddy Pimblett, and curtain jerker Adam Fugitt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pimblett was taken to a \u201cSin City\u201d hospital for precautionary CT scans of his head and face following his five-round war with Justin Gaethje in the main event. The bout earned \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-bonuses-and-awards\/417237\/bonuses-gaethje-vs-pimblett-main-event-throwdown-cashes-200k-for-fight-of-the-night-ufc-324-results-paramount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fight of the Night<\/a>\u201d honors, but ended with Pimblett suffering the first loss of his UFC career after absorbing a sustained and bloody beating from \u201cThe Highlight\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-324-news-results-paramount-streaming-updates-mma\/417228\/watch-ufc-324-video-highlights-results-paramount-mma-las-vegas-gaethje-pimblett-fight-of-the-year\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The loss snapped Pimblett\u2019s nine-fight win streak and dropped him to 7-1 inside the Octagon. Prior to the setback, \u201cThe Baddy\u201d had built serious momentum with victories over names like Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson, and King Green, emerging as one of the promotion\u2019s fastest-rising stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Fugitt was also transported for a precautionary CT scan after being knocked out by UFC newcomer Ty Miller in the opening bout of the night (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-324-news-results-paramount-streaming-updates-mma\/417111\/watch-ufc-324-video-highlights-results-paramount-mma-las-vegas-miller-knockout-fugitt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">watch highlights<\/a>). Miller dropped Fugitt twice before finishing him with just one second remaining in the first round, marking an emphatic debut for the undefeated prospect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Unfortunately for Fugitt, the loss marked his second straight knockout defeat and continued a troubling trend \u2014 all four of his UFC losses have now come by finish. His record inside the promotion falls to 2-4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The results of the fighters\u2019 scans are currently unknown, though they have all since been released from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-323-fight-card-start-time-live-results-merab-vs-yan-2-mma\/408215\/three-fighters-transported-after-violent-ufc-323-including-two-former-champions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It is normal<\/a> for UFC to transport fighters to the hospital for precautionary reasons, especially if the fighters are involved in three-round battles that are full of damage or after suffering nasty knockouts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Stick with <a href=\"http:\/\/MMAMania.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMAmania.com<\/a> for the fighters\u2019 health-related updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For complete UFC 324 results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/e\/414187\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Better to be safe than sorry &#8230; Following the brutal conclusion of UFC 324 last night (Sat., Jan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,153471,38688,702,7788],"class_list":["post-432159","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-324","tag-ufc-medical-suspensions","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-results"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432159","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=432159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}