Paddy Pimblett recently explained the cause of his infamous 2016 vomit clip, and it came down to a hot chocolate and a pack of Ferrero Rocher.
Speaking in a Fight Camp vlog while breaking down his weight cut for UFC 329, “The Baddy” said the incident had nothing to do with his post-fight refuel and everything to do with what he ate on the way to the venue as a 21-year-old.
The clip dates back to Cage Warriors Unplugged in London in 2016, where Pimblett defended his Cage Warriors featherweight title against Julian Erosa. His body’s very public reaction during the post-fight interview went viral and has followed him ever since.
According to Paddy Pimblett’s Fight Camp vlog (YouTube), the culprit was a snack run after a brutal water cut.
When I spewed in the cage [after fighting Erosa], it wasn’t because of the refuel, it was just because of being an idiot before I went to the venue,” Pimblett said.
Before I went to the venue, I went to Starbucks or Costco … I got a hot chocolate, and we went to Tesco, and I got a pack of Ferrero Rocher, and I ate them on the way to the venue, after doing an 8-kilo water cut, one of the biggest cuts I’ve ever done. It didn’t go well with me body at the time. It was a bad idea, but that was me, stupid kid, didn’t listen to anyone. I was only 21 at the time.
Pimblett’s Worst UFC-Era Refueling Mistake
The vomit clip was not the only weight-cutting blunder Pimblett confessed to. He pointed to his UFC London bout against Rodrigo “Kazula” Vargas in 2022 as his worst refueling mistake, when he went straight for a full English breakfast before he had properly rehydrated.
I was sitting there eating the full English, I’d only drank about a liter of water, and Paul Reed came over, ‘What the f*ck are you doing?!'” Pimblett recalled. “I was just sitting there like, ‘Just having a full English.’ And he was like, ‘What are you doing, you f*cking idiot?'
He also remembered pulling out chocolate milk right after a weigh-in as a younger fighter, only to be told hydration works on a longer timeline than he understood at the time.
A More Professional Approach For UFC 329
Now 31 and a father, Pimblett said his process is far more disciplined. Since moving to the UFC and up to lightweight, he has never missed weight.
We don’t miss weight. We make weight healthily,” Pimblett said.
That’s exactly what I’m going to do next week. I might end up even having less weight to cut from when I fought Justin Gaethje, and you saw with that one, I weighed in underweight.
Pimblett is set to face Benoît Saint-Denis in the lightweight co-main event of UFC 329 on July 11, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, on a card headlined by Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2. He enters the bout after a contentious loss to Justin Gaethje that he has publicly disputed.
Looking further ahead, Pimblett hinted he could climb the scale again after this fight.
This time I haven’t got to make 155, it’s 156,” he said. “You never know, I might only end up cutting 10 pounds, and then I’ll be getting back in the cage at 185. A proper lightweight.
