Paddy Pimbett is known for piling on the pounds between fights and the UFC star fears his eating habits will only get worse when he retires.
Pimblett, who fights Jordan Leavitt at UFC London on July 23, is a self-admitted 'foodie' who loves stuffing his face after fights. He promised to keep his weight down after fighting in March, but went on an 11,000 calorie binge and put on over 20kg in just two weeks.
'The Baddy' has become one of the UFC's biggest stars and he will look to earn his third win in the promotion later this month. Whilst outlining some of his favourite junk foods, Pimblett admitted that his eating habits will only get worse once he retires from fighting.
"Everyone asks me this but I can't pick my favourite meal. I like that many different types of food. Pizza, pasta, Chinese food, salt and pepper chicken, wings, quadruple burgers. Desserts, chocolate fudge cake and cookie dough pies. I know for a fact when I retire that I'm going to be a diabetic, but I get on with it," he said on The Overlap.
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"People will say to me 'oh your fat' and they'll think I'll struggle [to make weight]. I've still got 14 and a half kilos to lose but that's nothing. About six weeks ago I was 93kg and I fight at 70kg, that was me being fat but it comes off of me fast. It was when I was in America drinking like three gallons of coke a day and eating around 7000 calories."
Pimblett has been advised to control his poor diet by several fighters, with boxing legend Ricky Hatton being the latest to give his take on the matter. The Liverpudlian said he may change his diet later on in his career, adding: "I might grow up a bit more though and actually keep my weight down."
'The Baddy' has previously been told by former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw that he will never be able to reach the upper echelons of his division if he keeps up his eating habits. "He's loving diabetes. That's like a recipe for just destroying your body," Dillashaw said on The Schaub Show.
"I guess there's one thing if I'm looking at it. They can promote him the right way and he might have what it takes to get into the higher echelons of the UFC, but if you keep that some work ethic he has now, then he'll never be UFC champion."
