Paddy Pimblett wants to fight ex-champion as part of ‘Sean O’Malley route’ to UFC title

Paddy Pimblett thinks he is possibly simply 2 wins far from a UFC title shot.

‘The Baddy’ choked out King – previously referred to as Bobby – Green in the preliminary of what was billed as his hardest battle to date at UFC 304 in Manchester on July 27.

Pimblett passed his big test with flying colours — Pimblett passed his huge test with flying coloursCredit: Getty

A couple of days later on, Pimblett debuted in the UFC light-weight rankings.

The 29-year-old appears to have a great deal of work to do before he’s thought about a practical challenger for 155lbs king Islam Makhachev – however he believes they might battle relatively quickly.

Pimblett wishes to follow in the steps of bantamweight champ Sean O’Malley, who beat simply 2 ranked challengers to make his title shot versus Aljamain Sterlin in 2015.

The Liverpudlian has actually even called the fighters he’d like to deal with before handling Khabib Nurmagomedov’s protege.

“I was thinking the other week, the perfect route to the title would have been [Renato] Moicano and then Charles Oliveria. He’s like rank 2,” Pimblett informed Action Network.

“That’s what O’Malley did. O’Malley went from, like, rank 11 to rank 1 or something.”

A match-up with Moicano seems not likely as the Brazilian submission professional is currently reserved to deal with Benoit Saint-Denis in the UFC Paris centerpiece on September 28.

Pimblett is anticipated to complete once again before completion of 2024, and even if he wins, it looks like a little bit of a stretch for Moicano to fit another battle in this year.

Even though he has his favored path to the title, Pimblett is just seeking to deal with the highest-ranked challenger that wants to square off versus him next time out.

He included: “I’ll just keep fighting and winning.”

Oliveira is several levels about anyone Pimblett has ever fought — Oliveira is numerous levels about anybody Pimblett has actually ever battledCredit: GETTY

O'Malley took the quickest route to a title shot — O’Malley took the quickest path to a title shotCredit: Getty

“If I get offered Dan Hooker I’ll take it. Jump right up to rank 5, and then it probably will be in a title eliminator next.

“So, yeah, I’m game for any of them. As I say, any name gets sent to me, that’s all sound.

“I’m not shying away from fighting anyone.”

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Pimblett is 6-0 considering that signing up with mixed martial arts’s premier promo in 2021.

The jury was still out about his capability to take on upper-echelon fighters after he was granted a controversial choice win over Jared Gordon in December 2022.

However, his win over Green has actually silenced the skeptics for the minute.

Now Pimblett is set to deal with an even larger test versus another ranked challenger.