Paddy Pimblett has firmly dismissed longstanding rumours that Conor McGregor once showed up at his doorstep during a notorious three-day bender in Liverpool nearly a decade ago. Speaking ahead of UFC 329, where both fighters are on the same card, Pimblett called the story 'a load of s****'.
McGregor's Liverpool Bender and the Rumour
In 2017, McGregor attended the Grand National and embarked on a wild spree across Liverpool, arriving bare-chested in a fleet of Rolls-Royces. He hosted a DJ set at a nightclub and attended a house party. Rumours swirled that he also tried to coax fellow Liverpudlian fighter Pimblett out of his home. However, Pimblett has now set the record straight.
'It never happened at all,' Pimblett said. 'When he was in Liverpool, people said that he knocked on me house. Some people made it up that he wanted to fight me, some people made it up like he wanted to get me out to party with him. This is like 2017, I was still fighting on Cage Warriors, but I was still living in my mum's at the time, and she has cameras on the house, and no one knocked on our door. Unless he knocked on the wrong door.'
UFC 329: Co-Main Event Pressure
At UFC 329 this weekend, McGregor faces Max Holloway in a highly anticipated rematch, while Pimblett takes on Benoit Saint-Denis. Pimblett downplayed the significance of fighting on McGregor's undercard, noting that the spotlight is firmly on the Irishman in his first fight in five years.
'This is just another fight to me, you know what I mean?' Pimblett added. 'I'm back in Vegas, fighting again. It's just a lot less pressure this time because all the pressure's on Conor. He's got more media than anyone, and I normally have the most media, so it's just another fight.'
UFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2 will be broadcast exclusively live on TNT Sports Box Office via HBO Max, EE TV, Virgin Media TV, Prime Video and Sky.
