Paddy Pimblett Books UFC 282 Combat In opposition to Jared Gordon

Paddy Pimblett will return to the octagon at UFC 282 in December.

The British light-weight generally known as “The Baddy” has signed on to face Jared Gordon on the upcoming Pay-Per-View occasion on December 10, 2022. Pimblett himself shared the news on social media, revealing Gordon because the opponent for his fourth UFC combat.

So far, Liverpool, England’s Pimblett (19-3) is undefeated underneath the UFC banner. The previous Cage Warriors featherweight champ joined the promotion in 2021, debuting in September of that yr in opposition to Luigi Vendramini and ending the Brazilian generally known as “The Italian Stallion” by way of knockout late within the first spherical.

Submission wins over Rodrigo Vargas and Jordan Leavitt, each on the O2 Enviornment in London, England earlier this yr, adopted. Vendramini and Vargas have since exited the group.

Outdoors the octagon, Pimblett has courted controversy, continuously being banished from social media for his outspoken methods. The budding light-weight star infamously challenged Fb and Instagram chief Mark Zuckerberg to a combat following March’s UFC London card.

Coincidentally, Zuckerberg turned up on the UFC Apex for a “personal” exhibiting of UFC Combat Evening 211 earlier this month, which noticed the Apex closed to followers and media. Sadly, Pimblett wasn’t available to greet the social media czar.

Jared Gordon (19-5) final competed at UFC 278 in August, the place he secured a choice win over Leonardo Santos. With the corporate since 2017, Gordon has posted a 7-4 document by means of 11 fights.

UFC 282 will happen on the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 10, 2022. The next fights have been reported for the cardboard up to now:

• Jiri Prochazka (c) vs. Glover Teixeira – for the UFC gentle heavyweight championship
• Jan Błachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev
• Robbie Lawler vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
• Alexander Gustafsson vs. Ovince Saint Preux
• Darren Until vs. Dricus du Plessis
• Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Dalcha Lungiambula
• Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Chris Daukaus
• Billy Quarantillo vs. Alexander Hernandez
• T.J. Brown vs. Erik Silva
• Chris Curtis vs. Joaquin Buckley
• Ronnie Lawrence vs. Cameron Saaiman
• Vinicius Salvador vs. Daniel da Silva
• Paddy Pimblett vs. Jared Gordon