Paddy Pimblett has a routine for getting home from Vegas. Land, get dropped off, get in the car, go to The Breakfast Lounge.

There has been plenty to celebrate. In July, at UFC 329 at the T-Mobile Arena, he put Benoit Saint-Denis to sleep in 52 seconds, his first fight since a unanimous decision loss to Justin Gaethje in January. Gaethje is the champion now and has ruled out fighting again this year. Pimblett's answers on that rematch are short. His answers on breakfast, cheesesteaks and the correct way to say Scouser are not.

52 seconds and Benoit Saint-Denis is down. How much of the fight do you actually remember, and how much do you only know from watching it back?

"I remember every bit of it. I didn't have to watch it back to know what happened.

"I remember most of my fights, to be honest. I think I knew he was going to shoot in. I knew what he was going to do, especially after I hit him with a punch or two.

"I just knew he was going to throw the head kick or backhand and shoot in close. Then, yeah, that was all she wrote."

Justin Gaethje is still the only man to beat you in the UFC, and now that he's the world champion he says he won't fight again this year. How often does that fight come into your head? And if you get him in there again, what's going to be different?

"It's a big if I get him in there again. He hasn't got many fights left. I'd love to fight him again, but I don't think he's going to have too many more fights.

"He's probably going to end up fighting someone else before me. I'd love to get that one back and beat him, but only time will tell."

It's the day after a fight, and there's no training booked. Give us the day eating your way around Liverpool. Where's the first stop? What's on the table, and what's on the table by the end of the day?

"The first stop is probably one of my favourite places in Liverpool, The Breakfast Lounge. I'm getting multiple things, to be honest. I'm not just getting one.

"I'm getting a breakfast wrap, a chicken zinger wrap, some criss-cross fries and tater tots. They also do these desserts, little [TK: "slongs", check spelling and what they are with The Breakfast Lounge], which are heavy and covered in Nutella.

"I'd be going to multiple places after a fight.

"When I get home from Vegas or after a fight, that's normally my first stop.

"When I got home from Vegas last time, we landed on Wednesday morning and, as soon as we got dropped off, we got in our car and went straight to The Breakfast Lounge."

You can't get a proper Philly cheesesteak in Liverpool yet. Is that something you could bring back?

"That's something I'm thinking about, lad. We need legit Philly cheesesteaks in the UK and in Liverpool.

"One of my mates always said you've not had a proper cheesesteak until you've had one in Philadelphia. He was right, they are life-changing.

"If I lived there, I reckon I'd eat at least three a week. They are spectacular. They're up there with my favourite foods now.

"The Cooper Sharp cheese they used was absolutely fantastic."

If the UFC were ever to put the octagon in the middle of Anfield, what would your walkout song be?

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"I'd still come out to my usual walkout song, but I'd have them play 'You'll Never Walk Alone' first, definitely.

"I'm never changing my song. Never. I've had that song since I was about 19 or 20 years old. That song is never changing."

Liverpool holds the Guinness World Record for the most UK number ones per head of population of any city. Name one Scouse record that everybody outside the city sleeps on.

"I think one tune that everyone sleeps on is a Beatles one, 'Here Comes the Sun'. It's an absolute tune and so slept on.

"George Harrison wrote it as well. It's a brilliant song."

Which Liverpool player, past or present, secretly had a fighter in them?

"I'd probably say Bruce Grobbelaar because Bruce was a nutter, and I speak to him when I'm at the match.

"I reckon Bruce would have been a good fighter.

"Graeme Souness as well. He was a former captain and a big character. Back then, they were all fighters. You know what I mean? They were proper men and didn't roll around on the floor when someone's fingernail touched them.

"If I had to pick a current player, I'd pick Virgil van Dijk. I reckon Virgil would clean the rest of the team out.

"But from more recent history, I'd also say Darwin Núñez. He's a nutter and could definitely have thrown a few haymakers at someone."

Last one. Half of America struggles with the Scouse accent. Which bit of Scouse are you refusing to give up for them? And has anyone in Vegas ever known what "made up" means?

"I'm not giving up any of my Scouse for anyone. It's not happening.

"I say a lot of things to Americans and they say, 'What's that mean? What's that mean?'

"'Made up' is one of them. 'Heavy' is another.

"What makes me laugh is that Americans can't say 'Scouser'. They say 'Scouzer'. They say it with a Z. You don't say it with a Z, you say it with an S.

"I've tried to explain this to so many people.

"When you're in America they say, 'I'm a Scouzer.'

"I say, 'I'm not a Scouzer. I'm a Scouser. There's a difference.'

"My wife, Laura, always laughs and says, 'Stop speaking like you're talking to your mates.' But I can't help it.

"I try and slow my speech down for Americans, but I'm not changing the way I speak.

"They were saying 'heavy' after a while. They pick up a couple of words and start using them as their own.

"I enjoy that because that's just the way I speak. I can't help it, and I won't change for anyone. It's just one of them."