THACKERVILLE, Okla. – Juan Archuleta waited five years to make his big-show debut, so he’s not wasting any time now that he’s in Bellator.

After a debut win so dominant that one judge gave him a 30-23 score, Archuleta hopes to return to the cage in two months at Bellator 200.

“I want to fight eight times in 2018,” said Archuleta (18-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), who shut out William Joplin (15-15 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) on Friday at Bellator 195. “I’ve fought seven times in one year before, and my goal is to surpass that.”

The 30-year-old construction worker would also like to make things easy for matchmakers, even if his target isn’t (yet) signed to the Viacom-owned promotion.

“I don’t like making anouncements that I want to fight certain people,” Archuleta said, “but this one that we’ve been seeing, some guy named Paddy Pimple or something?”

In case you missed that dig, Archuleta is clowning on British sensation Paddy Pimblett (14-2), who got a lot of people’s attention this past month by pulling off a flying triangle against Alexis Savvidis at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 90. The impressive finish netted him “Submission of the Month” honors from MMAjunkie.

Archuleta no doubt wants to steal some of that shine. He figures to get Pimblett’s attention by mangling his name.

“Paddy Piglet? What did you say?” Archuleta continued. “I think that would be a fight that fans would definitely enjoy. To go out there and lay it on the line like I did tonight, it’s going to be something.”

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