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The Clinch

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett

24 JAN 2026 / Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Main event / Lightweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett

Justin Gaethje, photograph by The White House Justin Gaethje “The Highlight”

9-5-0 entering this bout

Age 37 · 5′11″180.3 cm

Won

Paddy Pimblett, photograph by James English Paddy Pimblett “The Baddy”

7-0-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 5′10″177.8 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
27/45
R1
37/65
32/50
R2
22/47
24/53
R3
41/78
32/54
R4
35/58
29/52
R5
21/63

Decision (Unanimous) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Marc Goddard

The cards

Judge Justin Gaethje Paddy Pimblett
Mike Bell 48 47
Derek Cleary 49 46
Sal D'amato 49 46

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Justin Gaethje Enters 1-3-0 against GRAPPLING
Paddy Pimblett First time facing STRIKING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Justin Gaethje    Paddy Pimblett

Bout totals

144
Sig. strikes
156
200
Total strikes
170
120
To the head
83
15
To the body
48
9
To the legs
25
102
At distance
140
20
In the clinch
16
22
On the ground
0
3
Takedowns
0
2
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
5:55
Control time
0:48

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Justin Gaethje 27/45 40/58 23/40 3/3 1/2 22/37 1/1 4/7 0/0 1 1:01
Paddy Pimblett 37/65 38/66 17/43 12/14 8/8 30/58 7/7 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
R2 Justin Gaethje 32/50 52/70 30/45 2/5 0/0 13/27 5/6 14/17 2/2 1 2:23
Paddy Pimblett 22/47 25/50 9/31 7/10 6/6 18/37 4/10 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Justin Gaethje 24/53 25/54 16/42 3/5 5/6 24/53 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Paddy Pimblett 41/78 42/79 21/54 11/14 9/10 41/78 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R4 Justin Gaethje 32/54 44/66 27/48 3/4 2/2 21/39 7/10 4/5 1/1 0 1:26
Paddy Pimblett 35/58 36/59 19/38 14/18 2/2 33/55 2/3 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
R5 Justin Gaethje 29/52 39/65 24/47 4/4 1/1 22/42 7/10 0/0 0/0 0 1:05
Paddy Pimblett 21/63 29/72 17/55 4/7 0/1 18/56 3/7 0/0 0/3 0 0:48

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Mike Bell 47 - 48. Derek Cleary 46 - 49. Sal D'amato 46 - 49. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Mike Bell 47 - 48. Derek Cleary 46 - 49. Sal D'amato 46 - 49. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Lightweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Lightweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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