Dana White Says Paddy Pimblett Can Be A ‘Massive Superstar’ In UFC

Dana White might simply have his next huge super star … ’cause as long as Paddy Pimblett continues stacking W’s, the UFC honcho thinks “The Baddy” might reach Conor McGregor-like status!

“He has that ‘it’ factor that I always talk about and you know, and obviously he’s undefeated here in the UFC. If he can keep winning these key fights, this kid will be a massive superstar,” White informed TMZ Sports.

“The other thing is too and you know about this, the thing with his dog going to the bathroom was so unbelievably viral, it was insane. There’s things that go viral on the Internet but you guys did like a 10-minute piece on that thing on TMZ and other outlets did. It was everywhere! It was really big in America, so stuff like that doesn’t hurt, either.”

27-year-old Pimblett — 3-0 in the UFC (19-3 total) — is combating Jared Gordon as part of the co-main occasion at UFC 282 … where Paddy will aim to extend his UFC unbeaten streak.

When it comes to the contrasts to McGregor … here’s what Dana needed to state.

“It’s never an insult when somebody compares you to a great or one of the biggest names in the sport. I think that [Israel Adesanya] didn’t like it because he doesn’t like Jon Jones and Jon Jones doesn’t like him. I think that’s why he didn’t, but it’s never an insult. It’s a compliment.”

We likewise asked White about all other things 282-related (battle’s decreasing Saturday night from Las Vegas) … consisting of the UFC president’s sensations on Jiri Prochazka‘s injury, and his giving up of the light heavyweight title.

Dana likewise weighs in on previous champ Glover Teixeira — who was expected to eliminate Jiri — rather deciding NOT to eliminate a brand-new challenger on the card.

White really thinks it was a wise tactical carry on the part of the 43-year-old fighter.

Bottom line … with or without Prochazka and Texeira, Dana thinks it’s a kickass card.