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Pimblett was hailed by UFC president Dana White, after sending Londons O2 Arena wild with a spectacular submission victory over Mexicos Rodrigo Vargas.

"I get hit with a big shot, and it was a sloppy takedown attempt from me to be honest. "Who wouldn't be interested in that fight? When he was in trouble, he came back and turned the fight around and won.

Paddy Pimblett passed his biggest test yet. The UFC lightweight sensation nearly set off a riot inside the O2 Arena at UFC London with his first-round ...

#UFCLondon— Johnny Muñoz (@KidKvenbo) March 19, 2022 Once again, Pimblett overcame early adversity before sealing the deal and setting off a raucous celebration for his English countrymen. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019.

Aspinall needed less than one round to tap out heavyweight contender Alexander Volkov in the Fight Night main event, in what was his first contest under Dana ...

This could be as electric - perhaps as abrupt - as some of the other fights on the card. Arnold Allen and Dan Hooker will be the next duo to make that walk to the Octagon. "Not as clean a win as I'd like, maybe a 5 or 6 out of 10 - he got me with a good punch but a nice punch wakes me up in the morning!" And though his initial flurry is cooled off by Hooker, a pair of head kicks set up another Allen-dominated flurry and the referee steps in at the right time. The main card begins as explosively as much of the prelims were - Topuria weathers some great Round 1 offense from Herbert - including a flush head kick - before turning his lights clean out with a vicious right early in the second. And to cap off a night of blistering quick finishes, the Brit spends a few minutes slickly rotating through his fists, his feet and some choice takedowns before finding the armbar and getting Volkov to tap in relatively short order! Aspinall is next It's been a breathless card so far, and all that remains is the main event.

As UFC returns to London, Paddy Pimblett and Molly McCann talk wrong-un Tory biscuits, Chattin' Pony and why there is no one like them in the game.

Meatball Molly looks up, her eyes shining as she thinks of herself and Paddy the Baddy. “We owe it all to this place and, on Saturday, we’ll light up the O. Paddy and me will show it’s not all talk or bravado or arrogance. It got me to where I’m going – to where Patrick and I are going.” I was thinking this was a good fight to show what scousers are made of because every step I’ve taken in life, every positive thing I’ve accomplished, I attribute to this city. “There had never been a female champ like me in Cage Warriors,” she says of the organisation where she made her name. Pimblett adds: “It’s going to be a scouse invasion of London and the only thing I can compare to it is when Conor McGregor fought in Dublin. But it’ll be louder than that. Thank you for representing the city so well.’ It meant so much because he understood lots of people will submit and tap out – but not me or my city.” “The reason I called it Chattin’ Pony is because, in Liverpool, it means you’re chatting a bit of shit. The documentary opens with her first UFC fight, in Liverpool in May 2018, and captures her devastation after she blacked out during a choking headlock. “I hate the establishment,” he says, “the royal family and the Tories.” He also talks about the contract – “worth well over a million pounds” – he has signed with the American company Barstool Sports and the vlogger from Philadelphia who has moved to Liverpool to follow him and post daily content online. Last September, in Las Vegas, the UFC was given its first taste of the Paddy and Molly Show as Pimblett made his debut and McCann entered the last fight on her contract. After she shows me her tattoo – “My city, my people, my heart” – in tribute to Liverpool, McCann says: “You’ll never meet another Patrick Pimblett or Molly McCann. I don’t know if it’s because I’m a girl and he’s a boy, but we push each other to be better versions of ourselves and don’t envy each other’s success. The two of us are totally mad characters but we come from the best and hardest city in the world.”

The headline bout of the evening sees Tom Aspinall battle Alexander Volvok in the heavyweight division, while the exciting lightweight Paddy Pimblett will meet ...

Paddy Pimblett bt Kazula Vargas via submission (lightweight) Tom Aspinall bt Alexander Volkov via submission (heavyweight) The risk, even apart from Volvok’s power itself, was that Aspinall would get carried away.

It was an amazing night for British fighters on the first UFC London card in three years.Tom Aspinall did the business in the main event, but there we.

In the second round he began to find some real joy in his grappling and was able to smother his Japanese counterpart against the cage. Aspinall looked excellent on his feet and in the grapple. What a night for British UFC fighters. Round two saw McCann secure a takedown that may well have swayed an otherwise even round on the feet. Around 10 minutes after the blow, the Brazilian was helped by our media tables and she could barely open her eyes. A success from that standpoint. That’s six fights unbeaten for Craig with five wins and a draw. The Mancunian completely dominated his Russian foe and with his second takedown he managed to lock in a reverse armbar that forced Volkov to tap. Then, in the final round, McCann scored a spinning back elbow that knocked Carolina out into next week. What a debut! Shore knocked the Russian down in round three and desperately tried to synched in a chokehold, but Valiev evaded well and found a guillotine of his own as the round hit the halfway mark. A stunning short left-hook from Shore dropped Valiev again in the final minute of the round and that led to a wild exchange, but Shore ended up securing the takedown that would make sure he won the fight.