{"id":135558,"date":"2023-12-16T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135558"},"modified":"2023-12-16T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T09:01:58","slug":"paddy-pimblett-prepared-for-best-version-of-tony-ferguson-despite-recent-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/paddy-pimblett-prepared-for-best-version-of-tony-ferguson-despite-recent-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett Prepared For &#039;Best Version&#039; Of Tony Ferguson, Despite Recent Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4b\/16by9\/2023\/12\/07\/4bb82e0ede224e0d8542800203a03b0a_md.jpg\"            loading=\"lazy\"          ><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Ferguson<\/strong> may have lost his last 6 fights, but <strong>Paddy Pimblett<\/strong> is NOT overlooking the future UFC Hall of Famer &#8230; telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he&#8217;s preparing for the &#8220;best version&#8221; of El Cucuy!<\/p>\n<p>We talked to 28-year-old Pimblett ahead of his UFC 296 scrap with the 39-year-old legend &#8230; and asked what he expected out of Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve prepared for the best Tony Ferguson possible,&#8221; Paddy said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I just say is he&#8217;s on a bit of a decline, and that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve said this fight is a lose-lose for me, cause when I win, people are gonna be like, &#8216;you only beat a washed-up Tony&#8217; when he&#8217;s still a dangerous motherf*****, and then if I did happen to lose, people would be like, &#8216;Oh, Paddy&#8217;s finished. He&#8217;s just been beat by a finished Tony.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1e\/4by3\/2023\/12\/08\/1e13a63e52da45b29eb6be94f206e664_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"Ferguson vs. Green, 2023\"        ><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, who once went on a 12-fight win streak in the UFC (where he beat the likes of <strong>Josh Thompson<\/strong>, <strong>Rafael dos Anjos<\/strong>, <strong>Kevin Lee<\/strong>, <strong>Edson Barboza<\/strong> and others), has dropped his last 6 fights, albeit to some of the best fighters in the world (<strong>Michael Chandler<\/strong>, <strong>Justin Gaethje<\/strong>, <strong>Charles Oliveira<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>As for 20-3 Pimblett, he&#8217;s won 6 in a row, including all 4 of his UFC fights. However, his last victory over <strong>Jared Gordon<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t without controversy, and Paddy is looking to make a statement to remind people who he is.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/2a\/4by3\/2023\/12\/08\/2ab6bbf07c64440296ee5ced1a0d4782_md.jpg\"          loading=\"lazy\"          alt=\"Pimblett vs. Gordon, 2022\"        ><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biggest fight of my life, definitely. Biggest opponent. Coming back off three major surgeries. Gotta make a big statement after me last fight, simple as that,&#8221; Pimblett said.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a bunch more with Paddy The Baddy &#8230; we also talk about Ferguson training with <strong>David Goggins<\/strong>, and a recent impromptu meeting Pimblett had with <strong>Ian Garry <\/strong>(we talked to Pimblett before IG was pulled from his fight) at the UFC&#8217;s gym in Las Vegas, where PP shared advice with the embattled 26-year-old fighter.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 296 goes down on December 16 in Sin City &#8230; a card that also features <strong>Colby Covington<\/strong> vs. <strong>Leon Edwards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/12\/16\/paddy-pimblett-preparing-best-tony-ferguson-ufc-mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ferguson may have lost his last 6 fights, but Paddy Pimblett is NOT overlooking the future UFC Hall of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paddy Pimblett Prepared For &#039;Best Version&#039; 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