Key Highlights
- The main event ended with Justin Gaethje defeating Paddy Pimblett to claim the interim UFC lightweight title, capping off a wild, back-and-forth battle. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt wasn’t just Gaethje and Pimblett making noise.
- The card featured multiple knockouts, big momentum swings, and several fighters who either boosted their contender status or left with new questions to answer.
- That sets up our UFC “stock watch” — a market-style look at whose value rose at UFC 324, whose slipped, and who might be one performance away from a major move up the board. The Sporting News breaks down which fighters boosted their stock at UFC 324 — and which ones took a hit coming out of the event. UFC 324 Stock Watch: Biggest RisersPaddy PimblettEven in defeat, Paddy Pimblett’s stock rose after a gritty showing against Justin Gaethje.
- He absorbed heavy damage but never wilted, refusing to go away against one of the division’s hardest hitters.
- In the toughest test of his career, Pimblett proved he can hang at the top level. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“The Baddy” won’t be out of the spotlight for long — this performance showed he belongs in the conversation with the lightweight elite. Waldo Cortes-AcostaRanked No.