Paddy Pimblett weighed 190 pounds seven weeks out from his UFC 314 co-main event fight against Michael Chandler.
Pimblett posted a video to his YouTube channel chronicling his weight loss over seven weeks. Six weeks ahead of having to weigh-in and make the 156-pound limit, Pimblett stepped on the scale at 187,.4 pounds. On March 3rd, “The Baddy” was walking around at 186.3.
“Even though I started my diet early, my weight always annoys me no matter what,” Pimblett said in the video.
Five weeks before the event, Pimblett tipped the scales at 182.8 pounds. On March 27, Pimblett was down to 174.9 for the April 12th fight day. Ten days out, he weighed 171.4 pounds. 48 hours before the official UFC 314 weigh-in, Pimblett’s weight was at 170 pounds. 14 hours before the weigh-in, Pimblett was 170.4.
Nine hours before having to officially be on weight, Pimblett stepped on the scale and it read 157.2 pounds. Pimblett considered the UFC 314 weight cut ‘one of the easier ones.’
He officially weighed 156 pounds for the fight.
“People will never understand what it’s like to do a weight cut. Do a weight cut and we’ll see how much you want to be a fighter.”
