Paddy Pimblett provides honest assessment of Justin Gaethje loss after rewatching UFC 324 fight

Paddy Pimblett has given his honest opinion on his UFC 324 defeat at the hands of UFC interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje.

Last month, Paddy Pimblett went head to head with Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC 324. He was hoping to claim gold in the UFC for the first time in his career, but instead, he fell short in a decision loss to ‘The Highlight’, his first defeat with the promotion.

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Ever since then, a few remarks have been made about the eyepokes Pimblett suffered at the hands of Gaethje. It’s not the first time this issue has come to the forefront in the UFC, especially recently with everything that’s going on regarding Tom Aspinall and his double eye surgery.

In a recent video on his channel, Pimblett didn’t hold back when giving his thoughts on how the eye pokes impacted his performance.

Pimblett looks back at Gaethje defeat

“I don’t want to sound like a sore loser, but that (eye pokes) changes the whole fight,” Pimblett said. “I’ll be honest, he hit me afterwards because he hit me and started elbowing me, but I easily win the third round. So imagine if that never happens in the second. … My depth perception is off, they’re shouting at me to get the takedown, but sometimes he looks far away, sometimes he looks close.”

“For me, I win three and five,” Pimblett explained. “If got point took off like he should’ve, lad, that’s a draw. I don’t want to sound bitter, you can’t cry over spilled milk, but I feel a bit. I know how Jared Gordon felt, I’ll put it that way. I knew the scorecards weren’t going to be in our favor. That’s why I did that little, ‘I don’t know,’ to my mom and my dad because I half knew I lost. You can see my eye is bright red there. It should’ve all been 48-47.”

Quotes via MMA Junkie

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