{"id":18523,"date":"2025-04-14T06:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18523\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T06:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T06:26:22","slug":"paddy-pimblett-reveals-heartwarming-way-he-will-spend-50k-ufc-314-performance-bonus-after-stopping-michael-chandler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/18523\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett reveals heartwarming way he will spend $50k UFC 314 performance bonus after stopping Michael Chandler"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paddy Pimblett will be spending his $50,000 performance bonus on his twin girls’ first birthday after beating Michael Chandler on Saturday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Liverpudlian put on a career-best showing in the co-main event of UFC<\/a> 314 in Miami, Florida, to stop Chandler with some brutal ground and pound in round three.<\/p>\n

\"Pimblett<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pimblett was on point on Saturday nightCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

His victory means he will enter the lightweight top 10 when the rankings are updated on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Before the fight, Pimblett was placed No.12 overall while Chandler was 5 spots ahead of him at No.7.<\/p>\n

Another statement victory could launch the Scouser into a title shot against reigning champion Islam Makhachev.<\/p>\n

But that isn’t the only perk he has received for beating Chandler.<\/p>\n

Pimblett was also given a $50,000 performance bonus alongside Jean Silva, who submitted Bryce Mitchell in the second round earlier in the night, while Diego Lopes and Alexander Volkanovski<\/a> got $50,000 each for their Fight of the Night in the feature attraction.<\/p>\n

Reacting to his monetary gain, Pimblett said: “Have I got a performance bonus?<\/p>\n

“I f****** better get a performance bonus.<\/p>\n

“Well, it’s the babies’ birthday on Thursday, lad. <\/p>\n

“So, it’s another nice little bit of money to spend on the babies’ for their first birthday.”<\/p>\n

Pimblett and his wife, Laura, welcomed twin baby girls, Betsy and Margot, to the world last year.<\/p>\n

\"Pimblett<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pimblett and his wife Laura welcomed twin baby girls last yearCredit: Instagram – Paddy Pimblett <\/p>\n

“I had to get a performance bonus, didn’t I?” he continued.<\/p>\n

“Couldn’t not give me a performance bonus there. F**** hell.<\/p>\n

“I just elbowed Chandler’s head into f****.”<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll punch your face in! Paddy Pimblett involved in HEATED exchange with Colby Covington after UFC 314 win <\/p>\n

Pimblett is aiming to return to the UFC Octagon at the back end of this year in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

Charles Oliviera<\/a> was at the top of his hit list, but a fight with McGregor could also be a possibility.<\/p>\n

The Irishman bet $500,000 that Chandler would knock out Pimblett <\/a>pre-fight and insisted he was ‘interested’ in the co-main event.<\/p>\n

Responding to the wager in the immediate aftermath of his victory, Pimblett said: “Cheeky b***** cheeky little b******. <\/p>\n

\"Pimblett<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pimblett will enter the top 10 lightweight rankings next weekCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“The Scouse are meant to back each other. I didn’t expect that from Conor lad. If you want to come back, Con, I’m here, son.<\/p>\n

“I’m waiting. I’ll mufti you just like I have muftied Chandler.”<\/p>\n

It’s a fight Pimblett would love to have, but he has his reservations.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think he is coming back,” he added of McGregor. “He’s got enough money, he doesn’t need to come back.<\/p>\n

“But if he does that, then the Baddy is waiting for him.”<\/p>\n

McGregor still has two fights remaining on his UFC deal, but hasn’t fought since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier<\/a> in July 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett will be spending his $50,000 performance bonus on his twin girls’ first birthday after beating Michael…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11307,12138,11308,79,11309,12137,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-michael-chandler","9":"tag-mma-news","10":"tag-paddy-pimblett","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-ufc-314","13":"tag-ufc-news","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334897590094104","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}