Paddy Pimblett recently shared a bold preview of his upcoming fight against Justin Gaethje.The Liverpudlian is set to face Gaethje in an exciting interim lightweight title fight at UFC 324 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in January. While Pimblett is coming off an impressive third-round knockout win over Michael Chandler at UFC 314 in April, Gaethje last defeated Rafael Fiziev via unanimous decision at UFC 313 in March.Given Gaethje's reputation as a hard-hitting striker with an impressive wrestling pedigree, many believe 'The Highlight' could push Pimblett into deep waters. However, it appears Pimblett is confident of his chances against Gaethje.'The Baddy' recently claimed that he didn't intend to grapple with Gaethje and declared that he was looking for a knockout victory against the former BMF champion. In an interview with Red Corner MMA, he said:"Everyone’s gonna be shocked because I think I’m gonna knock him out. People won’t expect that. People just think I’m going to grapple and take him down, but I’m not. I’m going to come out and put it on him. I don’t see him getting past the third, just like Chandler."UFC analyst previews Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett interim title fightUFC analyst Din Thomas recently shared his thoughts on the Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett fight. While Thomas admitted that Pimblett was a "crafty" fighter, he made it clear that he's backing Gaethje to get his hand raised.In an interview with MMA Junkie, Thomas explained why he expects 'The Highlight' to beat Pimblett:"I'm leaning toward Gaethje for sure. Absolutely. Gaethje is still a banger. Paddy is crafty, Paddy is really crafty, and he's shown that he can withstand certain things and can hang around with certain guys. I just think when Justin Gaethje gets rolling downhill, and the amount of violence he's able to put on people, you can try to be as crafty as you possibly can, but eventually he's going to catch up to you, and you've got to stand up and fight him."He added:"I'm pretty sure Paddy Pimblett can't take Gaethje down. I'm leaning toward Gaethje, in fact, pretty heavily actually... I'm not sure he's going to be able to take the amount of punishment that Justin Gaethje's able to dish out."