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your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. With 11 Cage Warriors Fighting Championship victories
under his belt, Paddy
Pimblett is set to make his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut in
September. On Friday,
Combate first broke the story that Pimblett (16-3) would be
stepping inside the Octagon on Sept. 4 against Luigi
Vendramini (9-2). The
UFC Fight Night card slated for London does not yet have a
venue established, although this lightweight bout has been booked
for this event. News of Pimblett’s debut came from the fighter on
his Instagram page on
Thursday, and the matchup was confirmed by
other outlets on Friday.
Former bantamweight Pimblett has largely impressed since his shift
up to the lightweight division in 2018, starting with a flying
triangle choke on Alexis
Savvidis in his first fight at 155 pounds. An unsuccessful
attempt for the Cage Warriors lightweight strap against Soren Bak did
not spell the end of the Brit’s rise, as he bounced back with a
pair of first-round stoppages of Decky
Dalton and Davide
Martinez on March 20 of 2020 and 2021, respectively. “The
Baddy” sports a career finish rate of 75 percent, with five
stoppages in his last six victories, and the lone decision over
current UFC rostermate Julian
Erosa.
In his last time out, Vendramini went to the scorecards for the
first time in his career, dropping a majority decision to Fares Ziam.
The Brazilian made his organizational debut in 2018, where he was
scorched by a flying knee and follow-up punches from Elizeu
Zaleski dos Santos. “The Italian Stallion” rebounded with a
head-kick knockout of Jessin
Ayari some two years later, only to fall short to Ziam in
June.
The currently unnumbered UFC Fight Night event on Sept. 4 will most
likely be held in London, with a headliner seeing Darren Till
take on Derek
Brunson at middleweight. Other key matchups on the card include
a light heavyweight battle between Paul Craig
and Alexander
Gustafsson, as well as a featherweight tilt pitting the
unbeaten Lerone
Murphy against Charles
Jourdain.
