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Results · UFC Fight Night
Paddy Pimblett
Justin Gaethje
FinishedMain card · #1
UFC 324 · Sunday, 25 January 2026
DEC48–47, 49–46, 49–46
Round5
Time5:00
Fight time25:00
Lightweight · 5 rounds
LOSS
Paddy
UFC 2022–7–1
Strikes311
KD0
WIN
Justin
KD2
Strikes254
UFC 2022–5–2
GaethjeWDEC48–47, 49–46, 49–46Pimblett

Stats

Fight totals · finalRecords →
Striking
311
Strikes
254
156
Power strikes
144
0
Knockdowns
2
Target
221
Head
222
63
Body
21
27
Legs
11
Grappling
0/50%
Takedowns
3/3100%
0
Sub attempts
0
0:48
Control time
5:55
Source: API-MMA · fight totalsshares calculated by mebrdzoli.ge

Dominance

Share
55%Share of strikes45%
52%Share of power strikes48%
3%Fight time in control
0:48 · 5:55 / 25:00
24%

Strike map

Strike map
Pimblett vs GaethjeStrikes by target
Head71%
Body20%
Legs9%
Head87%
Body8%
Legs5%

Tale of the tape

Career rates · since 2022
PimblettGaethje
9.97
Strikes / min
9.59
0.7
Takedowns / 15 min
0.5
24
Takedown accuracy %
29
22
Control time %
8
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.69
71
Wins by finish %
40
178
Height / cm
180
185
Reach / cm
178

Key numbers

Key numbers · Gaethje
254

Gaethje: 254 strikes — his average since 2022 is 150 per fight.

Strikes · recent fights
-57

Strike differential in this bout: 254–311.

Differential · this bout
144

Power strikes — 57% of all strikes.

Power strikes · recent fights
5:55

Control time, from 3 takedowns — 24% of the fight.

Control · recent fights

Record and form

Record · last 5
Paddy Pimblett Lightweight
UFC 2022–7–1
·
Streak1W
Justin Gaethje Lightweight
UFC 2022–5–2
·
Streak3W

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