Five possible future opponents for UFC star Paddy ”The Baddy” Pimblett

UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett. Photo via Instagram (@theufcbaddy)

Formerly known as the most marketable fighter in Cage Warriors, Paddy Pimblett is now one of the fastest-rising stars in the UFC.

The hyped 27-year-old made his promotional debut last year, and so far, it’s a story of great success with three straight stoppage wins. So, who will be next in line for the popular Scouser?

Click ”Next” to check out five possible matchups for ”The Baddy”!

Bobby Green

Bobby Green. Photo via Youtube and Instagram: (@bobbykinggreen)

A veteran with a big name would be good for further building up ”The Baddy’s” status. How about Bobby Green?

Green is a great fighter who had a somewhat uneven career with solid wins against Clay Guida and Lando Vannata, as well as losses to Drakkar Klose, Islam Makhachev and Rafael Fiziev.

Ľudovít Klein

Ľudovít Klein. Photo via Instagram (@lajosko.klein)

MMA expert Dan Hardy sees lightweight Ľudovít Klein as a good fight for ”The Baddy”. Klein has two straight wins in the octagon and is 3-2 in the promotion.

”That would be a logical step up,” Hardy argued. ”He’s going to fight someone that’s a tough, durable European fighter that’s gonna be able to push him in the grappling range, as well as striking.”

Nasrat Haqparast

Nasrat Haqparast. Photo via Instagram and YouTube

Nasrat Haqparast is another fighter that could make sense for the Liverpool native.

The German has been in the promotion for some time, and fought good lightweights like Drew Dober, Dan Hooker, Bobby Green and Marc Diakiese.

Haqparast comes from a recent win against John Makdessi, so the timing makes sense as well.

Jamie Mullarkey

Paddy Pimblett and Jamie Mullarkey. Photo via Cage Warriors and Instagram: (@jamie_mullarkey)

Australian lightweight Jamie Mullarkey would be a tough but interesting test for the Liverpool star.

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt is 3-3 in the promotion, and fought skilled opponents as Jalin Turner, Michael Johnson and Brad Riddell.

Conor McGregor

”The Notorious” Conor McGregor. Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Not very likely, but according to Pimblett himself, this is the fight to make if UFC wants to sell record-making pay-per-views.

“You never know, down the line me and him could end up fighting,” Pimblett recently said on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast. “It’s a possibility (if he) comes back down to 155 pounds. That would be the biggest pay-per-view in the history of the UFC.”

This is Paddy Pimblett

Paddy Pimblett. Photo: Cage Warriors

• Age: 27
• Record: 19-3
• Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
• Height: 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
• Performance of the Night bonuses: 3
• Fight of the Nigth bonuses: 0

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