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A profile of "The Baddy" — what his record, his ranking, and his physical blueprint say about the Englishman sitting sixth at 155.
Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett is a Lightweight out of England, and right now he is one of the loudest names in the 155-pound conversation. His record reads 23-4-0, and the division has him ranked #6 at Lightweight. That is not a prospect’s line on paper — that is a fighter who has already climbed into the top ten and planted a flag near the top of a stacked weight class.
If you are just meeting him, the two numbers to hold onto are simple: 23 wins against 4 losses, and a #6 next to his name. Everything else about the way people talk about him orbits those two facts.
Here is what the tale of the tape tells us, and only the tape:
At Lightweight, 5’ 10" with a 73" reach is real size and real length. That reach is longer than his height by a healthy margin, which on paper is the kind of frame that can keep opponents at the end of punches and work behind a jab from an orthodox base. At 31, he is squarely in a fighter’s prime window — old enough to have miles and experience, young enough that the physical tools are still there. This is a profile-level read, drawn straight from the measurements; the point is the shape of the fighter, not a play-by-play we do not have.
Form is where Pimblett’s story gets interesting, because his last stretch is not a quiet one. Reading his recent results:
That is four wins and a single loss across his most recent outings, and the names inside those wins matter. Beating Michael Chandler and turning back Benoît Saint Denis are not soft entries on a résumé — those are the kinds of results that carry a fighter into and up the rankings. The one blemish in the run is a loss to Justin Gaethje, a name that tells its own story about the level he is now sharing the cage with.
Stack the recent form on top of the overall 23-4, and you get a consistent picture: a fighter who wins far more than he loses, and whose few defeats have come against the sharp end of the division.
His next fight is not yet on the board here, so there is nothing to pin down on that front — no announced opponent, no date to circle. What we can say is that a #6-ranked Lightweight coming off a run like this is exactly the type who tends to be matched against the names just above and around him. When that assignment lands, it will be worth watching closely.
Pimblett is one of the more magnetic names at 155, and the division around him is only getting hotter. Keep an eye on “The Baddy,” and when his next bout is set, build your grid and call the winner.