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IrelandPaddy Pimblett wants knees to grounded opponents allowed in UFC
His Joe Rogan conversation moves from submission technique to the rules he would change, with Anfield still a dream venue.
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JRE MMA Show #188 with Paddy Pimblett
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- 7:25Pimblett names Madison Square Garden and Anfield as dream venues to fight in.
- 11:20Reviewing his Saint Denis submission, Pimblett calls the choke setup the "pad tie."
- 15:40Pimblett traces his grappling education to television and gym classes, stressing that fighters need well-rounded skills.
- 20:18Rogan and Pimblett discuss how calf kicks changed MMA tactics and who popularized them.
- 48:08They debate grounded knees and soccer kicks, while agreeing that head stomps should stay banned.
Paddy Pimblett would change what happens when a UFC fight goes to the floor. "I think you should be able to knee on the floor," he tells Joe Rogan, opening a discussion about techniques familiar from Japan's old PRIDE promotion but prohibited in the UFC.
The pair debate knees to grounded opponents and soccer kicks, while agreeing that head stomps should remain banned. It is a specific distinction in a conversation that keeps returning to how many different problems an MMA fighter has to solve.
Earlier in "JRE MMA Show #188 with Paddy Pimblett," they revisit footage of Pimblett's submission win over Benoit Saint Denis. Pimblett calls the choke setup the "pad tie," then traces his grappling education back to watching television and attending gym classes. His broader lesson is blunt: "You have to be well-rounded, or you will get beat."
Calf kicks get their own extended discussion, including how they changed MMA tactics. Viewers pick up on that familiar Rogan subject in the comments, joking about its inevitable arrival.
The episode has drawn about two million views, but its appeal is the room it gives a fighter to move between technical detail and personal ambition. Rogan praises Madison Square Garden's atmosphere; Pimblett names both the Garden and Anfield as dream places to fight. Rogan opens by joking that Pimblett's Liverpool accent might require subtitles.
The conversation also contains paid sponsor ad reads. Between those breaks, Pimblett recalls his amateur beginnings and credits Cage Warriors as a proving ground for fighters heading toward the UFC.
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