{"id":498887,"date":"2026-02-25T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498887\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:22:08","slug":"paddy-pimblett-reveals-possible-timeline-for-his-ufc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498887\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett reveals possible timeline for his UFC return"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC star Paddy Pimblett has revealed a possible timeline for his return to the cage after his loss to Justin Gaethje.<\/p>\n

As we know, Paddy Pimblett is coming off the back of his first UFC loss at the hands of Justin Gaethje at UFC 324. While he certainly showed a lot of heart and resilience<\/a>, it ultimately wasn\u2019t enough to earn him the UFC interim lightweight championship.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Paddy Pimblett provides honest assessment of Justin Gaethje loss after rewatching UFC 324 fight<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, Pimblett will be looking ahead to the future. He certainly has the potential to do some big things at 155 pounds even after his loss to Gaethje, but it\u2019s not clear as to what exactly the path forward is for him. Still, he has a huge fanbase, and that can carry you a long way in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.<\/p>\n

In a recent video on his channel, Pimblett spoke openly about the timeline, in his mind, for his return to the Octagon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pimblett discusses his UFC return<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, I\u2019ll be honest with you all, it pissed me off that Saint Denis has moved above me for beating that bum Dan Hooker,\u201d Pimblett said on his YouTube channel. \u201cWhy has Saint Denis moved above me for beating the bum Dan Hooker, who\u2019s f*cking shit? What\u2019s going on there?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll fight anyone,\u201d Pimblett said. \u201cI just know whatever name gets sent to me on a contract, I sign it and I fight them. But Saint Denis sounds like a good fight to me. Europe\u2019s two best lightweights going at it against each other. Or, I won\u2019t get the winner, but the loser of Max [Holloway]-Charles [Oliveira]. F*ck, I\u2019ll fight Arman if you\u2019s want me to. I don\u2019t give a f*ck. I\u2019ll fight anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019ll be back in the summer. Just let me know when and where, Hunter, Dana, Sean, and I\u2019m ready to go. I haven\u2019t got any injuries. People keep going on, \u2018Oh, the damage he took, he\u2019s going to have to take months off.\u2019 \u2026 I didn\u2019t even have a concussion. I never had no headaches after it. All I had was a marked face and sore eye balls after getting poked in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quotes via MMA Fighting<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you want to see next for \u2018The Baddy\u2019? Let us know your thoughts in this in the comments below, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC star Paddy Pimblett has revealed a possible timeline for his return to the cage after his loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-498887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498887","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=498887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}