Paddy Pimblett's coach surprisingly reveals his biggest struggle with the 'The Baddy'

Paddy Pimblett has received plenty of criticism for his penchant for putting on weight between fights. Paul Reed, Pimblett's strength and conditioning coach, shared that, ahead of his co-main event clash with Jared Gordon at UFC 282, he has found himself advising the unranked lightweight to eat more.

Speaking during an appearance on UFC 282 embedded, Reed stated:

"People won't believe it, I spend most of my time telling Paddy to eat. He'll then come to eat more, you know, so just making sure he's field adequate for training. He's performing. He's got enough energy. He's in with me doing [strength and conditioning]. Performing doing that, so everything's planned."

Pimblett added:

"I've done this for the past four camps, you know what I mean? Standard. That's why I make weight easy everytime. It's not like a struggle. People cut more weight than me at the top of the division... I don't put that much in people going on on me just because me cheeks go like that."

While Pimblett's weight has been a constant topic of conversation, he has not missed weight in eight and a half years. Furthermore, he fought as a bantamweight early on in his MMA career and has since gone up two weight classes.

Watch comments from Paul Reed and Paddy Pimblett below (starting at the 3:24 mark):

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Paddy Pimblett discusses the talk surrounding his weight

Paddy Pimblett is set to face Jared Gordon in the co-main event of his UFC 282. It will mark the rising star's first appearance on a pay-per-view card since making his UFC debut. Leading up to the fight, Pimblett opened up on the chatter surrounding his weight, comparing his weight cuts to some of the division's top fighters.

Speaking to Brett Okamoto of ESPN MMA, Pimblett shared that he weighs 168 pounds before stating:

"People go on about my weight and I think people like Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira, Islam Makhachev, they do more than 12 pounds overnight. I've got 12 pounds to lose, but people want to talk about me because of out of camp. Out of camp, I'll do what I want. No one will tell me otherwise. I'd rather be fat and happy."

Pimblett will look to improve his record within the UFC to 4-0. In his first three fights with the promotion, Pimblett has picked up one knockout and two submissions, earning a Performance of the Night bonus in each bout.

Watch Paddy Pimblett's comments on the discussions surrounding his weight below (starting at the 12:05 mark):