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Paddy Pimblett: ‘I was crying every morning without fail’

UFC star Paddy Pimblett reveals how the sport has affected his mental health.

Speaking to podcast host Tony Bellew, Pimblett says after he lost the world title fight to Søren Bak in 2018, he was “just sitting up and crying every morning, without fail”.

He says people see him as a successful sportsperson, but that the “dark side of the sport is swept under the rug”.

Listen to the full interview on the ‘Tony Bellew Is Angry’ podcast on ̳ Sounds.

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