Paddy Pimblett has piled on 42lbs after beating Michael Chandler at UFC 314 last weekend.
The Liverpudlian put on a career-best performance in Miami as he recorded a third-round TKO victory over Chandler to break into the top 10 UFC lightweight rankings.
GettyPimblett made the 156lbs lightweight limit last Friday[/caption]
Pimblett celebrated wildly at a yacht party in the immediate aftermath and went on one of his famous junk-food-fuelled binges in the United States.
The 30-year-old successfully made 156lbs last Friday at the weigh-in before his fight with Chandler.
But eight days later, he is sitting just shy of the light heavyweight limit (205lbs).
“On Sunday, I had about five milkshakes after the fight, literally,” he said on the IT’S TIME!!! podcast with UFC announcer Bruce Buffer.
“This morning, I woke up at 198lbs, which is fat.
“That’s about the heaviest I get. I don’t ever really touch 200lbs.
“Only if I’m in the States. In the States, that food, it makes me into a machine.
“I’m just massive in the States, but when I’m back in the UK, the highest I’ll reach is 195lbs or something like that.”
Asked why he piles on more timber in the US compared to the UK, Pimblett added: “Just the servings, the amount of food.
“Even the drinks. In the UK, if I go to a restaurant and I order a Coca-Cola, I just get that one Coca-Cola.
IT’S TIME!!! podcastPimblett is now 198lbs one week after his fight with Chandler[/caption]
“In the States, when there is still some left of my Coca-Cola, they come over and give me a new one.
“Whatever is being offered, you take it.”
Pimblett will begin to taper down his weight as he prepares for the next big step in his career.
The proud Scouser is eyeing up a date in October over in Abu Dhabi for his return.
A Fight Night card has been booked by the UFC for July 26 in the United Arab Emirates capital.
Meanwhile, there are also plans to stage a main show there in the autumn.
Post-fight, No.8 ranked Pimblett called for a clash with any of the lightweight top five (Dustin Poirier, Max Holloway, Justin Gaethje, Charles Oliveira, Arman Tsarukyan).
At present, Oliveira appears to be the most likely option.
