Paddy Pimblett just put King Green to sleep, destroying the gatekeeper of the lightweight division to gloat his entry into the top 15 of the division. Even though the two had some friction between them, Green was no match for ‘The Baddy’ on Saturday. Making quick work of the veteran, the Englishman called out the man next in line, Renato Moicano!
The #10 ranked Brazilian wasted no time and keyed his response on “X” in typical Alex Pereira style. Responding to Paddy’s challenge, Moicano noted,
“Chama.”
CHAMA 🔥
— Renato Moicano (@moicanoufc) July 28, 2024
The Manchester bonanza of the UFC featured a stealer of a lightweight bout in the main card between Paddy Pimblett and King Green. Quick to stuff Green’s takedown, Pimblett sprawled into a guillotine choke and got the American on the ground, only to choke him out in under four minutes of round 1.
The crowd went berserk with the Englishman putting on a few steps before he called out Moicano for a fight. And now with Moicano taking on the challenge like a G, we fans have gotten ourselves one exciting proposition.
Paddy Pimblett chokes out King Green
This was King Green’s 50th MMA fight but to the dismay of the fighter and his fans, the fight ended up as a round 1 submission loss.
29-year-old, fan favorite Paddy Pimblett dethroned Green in the opening round when they met in the octagon at UFC 304 in Manchester – leaving the veteran slugger unconscious with a slick triangle choke. And there was definitely also an armbar in there somewhere as well.
The bout started out with ‘The Baddy’ meeting Green calm, cool, and collected, firing off punches with his hands low from strange angles.
But these did not have much success, however he did hurt the Scouser with a few low kicks. Pimblett returned the favor and responded with a few kicks of his own until Green decided to go for a takedown.
And as the narrator says, ‘that’s the moment he knew he f****d up’!
Catching the 37-year-old on his way, Pimblett stuffed the takedown and trapped Green with a guillotine choke, later turning it into a triangle choke, putting Green to sleep. With this win, Paddy extended his winning streak to seven and came closer to a UFC ranking. This also puts to rest all the news about Pimblett being just hype!
