Fan favorite Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett set for fight at UFC 282

UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett will be back in action as he faces Jared Gordon at UFC 282. Photo via Instagram (@theufcbaddy)

Fan favorite Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett is set to fight Jared Gordon at UFC 282 on December 10. The fight was just announced by the UFC, who later deleted the tweet.

UFC 282 will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Already announced for the event is a light heavyweight title fight between Jiří Procházka and Glover Teixeira.

We will also see a light heavyweight bout between Ovince Saint Preux and Swedish MMA legend Alexander Gustafsson, as well as a clash between top ranked light heavyweights Jan Błachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev.

Promotional newcomer Bo Nickal was expected to make his debut against Jamie Pickett in a middleweight fight. However, it was recently announced that Nickal had to pull out of the fight due to an injury.

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Paddy Pimblett is 3-0 in the UFC

The Liverpool fighter made his UFC debut with a KO win over Luigi Vendramini in September last year.

He then went on to defeat Rodrigo Vargas in March and Jordan Leavitt in July, ending both fights via rear-naked-choke.

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