Even Paddy Pimblett didn’t expect his fight with King Green to go that smoothly.
On Saturday evening in Manchester, England, Pimblett had the best performance of his UFC career, putting Green to sleep with a triangle-armbar combination in the very first round of their featured lightweight fight at UFC 304. The beginning of the end came after Green unexpectedly shot for a takedown early in the fight, a move Pimblett didn’t see coming.