"I'll keep it on the feet with him," Pimblett told the UFC. "There's a blueprint there to beat him - Max has done it. Everyone underestimates my striking. Everyone thinks I'm gonna come in and try to take him down, and I'm not. He had an absolute war with Chandler and I pieced Chandler up. I know MMA math doesn't work but you'll see come Jan. 24 when we have a perfect gameplan and we finish him in three."
"Pimblett (23-3) is scheduled to fight Gaethje (26-5) for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. "The Baddy" believes Max Holloway has already delivered the gameplan to beat Justin Gaethje. Holloway and Gaethje fought for the BMF title at UFC 300 in 2024. Holloway picked Gaethje apart on the feet before finishing him in a last-round buzzer-beater."
Paddy Pimblett (23-3) will fight Justin Gaethje (26-5) for the interim lightweight title at UFC 324 on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas. Pimblett plans to keep the bout on the feet and follow a striking blueprint modeled on Max Holloway, aiming to finish Gaethje inside three rounds. Max Holloway previously picked Gaethje apart on the feet and finished him in the final round at UFC 300. Pimblett says opponents underestimate his striking, notes he dominated Michael Chandler in his last fight, and references Gaethje's 2021 war with Chandler that Gaethje won by decision.
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