Paddy the bad guy becomes a dad! UFC star and wife Laura welcome twins Betsy and Margot: ‘I’ve never felt love like this, my best friends forever’
- Paddy Pimblett and his wife Laura revealed they were having twin girls last week
- The couple each posted a slew of loved-up photos on Instagram on Wednesday
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Paddy ‘the Baddy’ Pimblett and his wife Laura have welcomed twin girls into the world, they shared on social media on Wednesday evening.
The special day took place a week ago, April 17, as the couple gushed about their babies Betsy and Margot on Instagram.
“I have never felt love like this, my best friends forever,” Laura wrote on the platform.
The UFC star said: “The day our lives changed forever (heart emoji) made it all worth it for you, two perfect little girls.”
According to Laura’s Instagram post, Betsy was born at 3:54 a.m. and weighed 5 pounds, 2 ounces.
Paddy Pimblett snuggled up to his twin daughters Betsy and Margot after their birth last week
Pimblett and his wife, Laura, married last year after dating since they were teenagers
Laura said she had “never felt love like this” in a post announcing the birth of the twins.
Margot followed two minutes later and 4 hops and 11 ounces.
The pair each posted a host of loved-up photos with the girls, as Paddy was seen cuddling up to his twins in one snap.
In another snap, the twins were seen together in a crib with the family dog nearby.
Paddy and Laura married on May 23 last year after dating since they were teenagers.
He allegedly proposed to her three years ago while on vacation in Thailand.
The UFC star, 29, is 21-3-0, with his last win coming against Tony Ferguson at UFC 296 in December.
In January, Pimblett named the fighters he dislikes most in the promotion.
Speaking on the Happy Endings podcast, he named featherweight contender Ilia Topuria as one he didn’t like, calling the Georgian a “hand sanitizer boy”.
Paddy ‘the bad guy’ called the twins’ date of birth – April 17 – “the day our lives changed forever”
In another photo, the girls were seen in their crib as the family dog posed adorably nearby.
“It’s a sausage. He tried to slap me when I was alone, and he was with about 12 of his classmates. He tried to slap me, so I backed away and threw a bottle of hand sanitizer at his head.
“That’s why I call him the hand sanitizer boy. I don’t even know his name. I just know him as the hand sanitizer boy.
15-6 lightweight Terrance McKinney also drew the ire of the Scouse fighter, with Pimblett accusing the American of trying to secure a fight against him via social media.
“This little mushroom named after dinosaur. Whatever this mushroom is called, it won’t stop talking about me. You can type in a name on someone’s (X account), and they have about 700 tweets (about me).
The date and opponent for Pimblett’s next fight are not yet known.
