Paddy Pimblett's appearance on the JRE MMA Show opens with a joke at his expense. "We might need subtitles for this episode," the host says. "Liverpool accent is thick, bro."
Clip: Viral Podcast Shorts YouTube Short from the full source linked below.
Pimblett doesn't argue. He has a better story: a time he really did get subtitles, in his own first language. Everything below comes from the Short, which covers the accent, a Coca-Cola habit and his heaviest weight.
The subtitles story
"I'll never forget," Pimblett says, going back to when he fought Justin Gaethje. Song Yadong was on the same card in the co-main event, and both of them turned up on UFC Embedded, the UFC's fight-week video series.
According to Pimblett, the show had "Song Yadong talking, no subtitles," even though, as he points out, English is a second language for Song. "And then it cuts to me and I'm talking," he says. "It's got subtitles underneath."
His reaction is the punchline of the Short: "English is my first language."
The UFC's results page confirms the card he means. At UFC 324 in January 2026, Pimblett fought Gaethje for the interim lightweight title, while Sean O'Malley and Song Yadong met in the co-main event.
"A lot of people just can't understand me"
Pimblett treats the whole thing as funny rather than insulting. "Oh, it's crazy," he says. "But a lot of people just can't understand me. It's mad."
The host says he can understand him, mentioning trips to England, but agrees the accent is thick. He calls it a cool accent and puts Liverpool's among the cool ones in England.
Pimblett, born in Liverpool according to his UFC athlete profile, is clear about where he stands. "I love my accent, though," he says, adding that he wouldn't change it "for nothing."
The American weakness: Coca-Cola refills
The talk turns to food. The host asks whether people try to feed him wherever he goes. "You get fed a lot in America," Pimblett says, and he has no complaints about it: "I love the portion sizes."
The real problem is a drink. "The one thing what kills me is Coca-Cola," he says. When the host sounds surprised, Pimblett doubles down: "Coca-Cola is my favorite drink on the planet." He also brings up Cherry Coca-Cola and Mexican Coke in a glass bottle, calling Coke "me favorite drink."
The trouble is the refills. "When you're in America and you go out for a meal, it's refills," he explains. He'll have a little Coke left in his glass, and a waiter will come over, take it and put a fresh one down.
His logic is pure politeness. "I feel like it's rude not to drink that," he says, and then repeats it for emphasis: "It's rude not to drink it."
His heaviest weight
The host then asks the natural follow-up: what is the heaviest he has ever been?
"I think the heaviest I've ever got was like 210 something like that," Pimblett says, keeping it approximate. He doesn't soften it, either. "But I was fat," he adds.
That number stands out against his fighting weight. His UFC profile lists him at 155 pounds in the lightweight division. He doesn't say in the Short when he was at his heaviest or how long it took to come down.
Why the clip works
The Short is mostly Pimblett poking fun at himself. He treats the subtitles as a joke, the refills as a matter of manners, and his heaviest weight as a plain fact. None of it comes across as a complaint. The host gets a laugh out of the subtitles line, and Pimblett gets to make his point about the accent at the same time. As he says himself, he wouldn't change it for anything.
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FAQ
Why did UFC Embedded subtitle Paddy Pimblett?
He says his Liverpool accent is thick enough that the show subtitled him, while Song Yadong, for whom English is a second language, appeared without subtitles.
Which fight was Paddy Pimblett talking about?
His fight with Justin Gaethje. The UFC lists it as the UFC 324 main event in January 2026, with Song Yadong in the co-main event.
What is Paddy Pimblett's weakness in America?
Coca-Cola. He says waiters keep bringing fresh refills and he feels it's rude not to drink them.
What is the heaviest Paddy Pimblett has weighed?
He says it was "like 210 something like that."