After Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria nearly brawled within the fighter resort main as much as UFC London, it ought to be no shock Pimblett hoped Topuria’s opponent Jai Herbert would win within the O2 area on Saturday evening.
Sadly for Herbert, that is not what occurred. Topuria survived some early bother to knock his opponent out within the second spherical, incomes one in every of 9 efficiency of the evening bonuses.
Requested about Topuria’s victory on the UFC London post-fight press convention, Pimblett admitted the knockout was spectacular, however refused to provide ‘Mr. Hand Sanitizer’ an excessive amount of credit score.
“I did [see it]. I give him his due, it was a very good knockout, it was. It was an excellent knockout, particularly after taking that headkick within the face. If I hit him with that headkick, I would end him. However as I say, he is simply ‘Hand Sanitizer Boy’ to me. The lion would not concern himself with the opinion of sheep.”
Check out the primary spherical headkick Herbert landed on Topuria:
The win over Herbert did not persuade Pimblett that Topuria deserved to combat him, although.
“Everybody desires to combat me. Everybody desires to hold on my coattails. Nobody knew who Ilia Topuria was, nobody knew who ‘Hand Sanitizer Boy’ was till he tried to start out an altercation with me. Nobody knew who he was. I am the draw. Everybody desires to combat me.”
Watch Paddy Pimblett’s full UFC London post-fight press convention interview beneath.
Ilia Topuria’s callout of Paddy Pimblett had the UK crowd booing
Ilia Topuria adopted up on his huge knockout win over Jai Herbert by calling out Paddy Pimblett in an expletive laced post-fight interview.
“England, love you guys. Your man right here, he is a f**king — Paddy Pimblett, win or lose I wanna combat you subsequent and kick your ass like I did the final time. F**ok you!”
His last phrases earlier than leaving the octagon left little doubt as to who he wished subsequent.
“I would like that blonde b**ch. That Paddy b**ch.”
The callout didn’t go over nicely with the UFC London crowd, who had been already sad that Topuria had knocked out their fighter Herbert from Wolverhampton, England.
Watch Ilia Topuria’s full UFC London post-fight interview:
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