LIVERPOOL’S PADDY PIMBLETT escaped with his featherweight title at Cage Warriors: Unplugged, but his reputation as one of MMA’s next big things took a beating at the hands of Julian Erosa.

Erosa held the upper hand throughout Saturday night’s main event and looked to be a clear winner but the judges controversially scored the fight unanimously for the champion, 49-46, 48-47 and 48-47.

Pimblett was clearly feeling the after-effects of a brutal contest and as he was interviewed following his win, got sick on live television.

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Here's Paddy Pimblett's interview live on BT Sport. Not for the squeamish pic.twitter.com/tvOGr5U00s

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Elsewhere on the card there were wins for Belfast’s Karl Moore who scored a first-round stoppage against Paco Estevez, and Cork’s Lloyd Manning who got the night off to an explosive start with a TKO win over Nathan Sparks inside 50 seconds.

Cage Warriors: Unplugged

• Paddy Pimblett def. Julian Erosa by unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)
• Chris Fishgold def. Nic Herron-Webb by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)
• Matt Inman def. Che Mills by submission (R2, 4:09)
• Karl Moore def. Paco Estevez by KO (R1, 3:23)
• Leeroy Barnes def. John Redmond by submission (R1, 0:34)
• Shaj Haque def. Sam Creasey by unanimous decision (30-26, 29-27, 30-27)
• Kenneth Bergh def. Ross Cooper by submission (R1, 2:46)
• Lloyd Manning def. Nathan Sparks by TKO (R1, 0:50)

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