Ilia Topuria Wants To Fight Paddy Pimblett: “I Hate Him”
The post Ilia Topuria Wants To Fight Paddy Pimblett: “I Hate Him” appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 26:Ilia Topuria of Spain prepares to face Max Holloway in … More the UFC featherweight championship fight during the UFC 308 event at Etihad Arena on October 26, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Ilia Topuria competes for the vacant UFC lightweight title in the main event of the upcoming UFC 317 pay-per-view card. While Topuria does not hold that title, the never-lacking-in-confidence former UFC featherweight champ seems to have concluded that he will beat ex-UFC lightweight champ Charles Oliveira in their June 28 matchup and that he will walk away from T-Mobile Arena as the 155-pound titleholder. With his customary cocksureness, Topuria is already looking at a potential opponent for his first lightweight title defense. That fighter is Paddy Pimblett. The Origin Of The Ilia Topuria And Paddy Pimblett Conflict LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 19: (L-R) Ilia Topuria of Spain circles Jai Herbert of England in a … More lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at O2 Arena on March 19, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Not one to forget a slight, Topuria and Pimblett have had beef since 2021, when Pimblett got into an online argument with UFC fighter Guram Kutateladze, who hails from the country of Georgia. During that back-and-forth, Pimblett posted a since-deleted remark, “Lad how stupid are these Georgians man, no wonder the Russians terrorise their lives.'” That remark led to a confrontation in the fighter hotel in London in March 2022, where a punch and a bottle of hand sanitizer were thrown. “It didn’t happen because he called me something yesterday. It comes from a long time ago,” Topuria explained at the time on The MMA Hour. “He was arguing with…
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 26:Ilia Topuria of Spain prepares to face Max Holloway in … More the UFC featherweight championship fight during the UFC 308 event at Etihad Arena on October 26, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Ilia Topuria competes for the vacant UFC lightweight title in the main event of the upcoming UFC 317 pay-per-view card. While Topuria does not hold that title, the never-lacking-in-confidence former UFC featherweight champ seems to have concluded that he will beat ex-UFC lightweight champ Charles Oliveira in their June 28 matchup and that he will walk away from T-Mobile Arena as the 155-pound titleholder. With his customary cocksureness, Topuria is already looking at a potential opponent for his first lightweight title defense. That fighter is Paddy Pimblett. The Origin Of The Ilia Topuria And Paddy Pimblett Conflict LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 19: (L-R) Ilia Topuria of Spain circles Jai Herbert of England in a … More lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at O2 Arena on March 19, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Zuffa LLC Not one to forget a slight, Topuria and Pimblett have had beef since 2021, when Pimblett got into an online argument with UFC fighter Guram Kutateladze, who hails from the country of Georgia. During that back-and-forth, Pimblett posted a since-deleted remark, “Lad how stupid are these Georgians man, no wonder the Russians terrorise their lives.'” That remark led to a confrontation in the fighter hotel in London in March 2022, where a punch and a bottle of hand sanitizer were thrown. “It didn’t happen because he called me something yesterday. It comes from a long time ago,” Topuria explained at the time on The MMA Hour. “He was arguing with…
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