Ilia Topuria vs. Paddy Pimblett
Conversation between Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett
“I finish him. I finish him. I don't see him lasting five rounds with me. I genuinely believe I'd finish him. Keep having mad, mad dreams that I finish him in like the first 10 seconds like McGregor did Aldo. That wouldn't be good enough for him. I'd want to beat him up for a consistent couple of rounds, hit him with over like 70 elbows, disfigure him a little bit, and then finish him." [11:00 seconds of the interview video]”
“Hopefully, [my] next fight, lad. [Any news?] No, just waiting on little Ilia [Topuria] to sign the contract. Sign the contract, big boy.”
“Paddy why hasn't [Topuria] signed the contract yet?”
“No one would know Ilia Topuria if it wasn't for me. He made himself famous off the back of my name...He's so fake, like half of his followers. It's been proven half his followers on Instagram are bots. He's just a McGregor copycat and I'm getting sick of him.He's a German. He's not even Spanish, he's not even Georgian. He was born in Germany, he's German - via Marca”
“Right now I’m struggling to get a fight.People talk a lot behind the scenes saying: ‘I want to fight him, I want to fight him’, and then when it comes time for the fight, they don’t accept it. So I’m sitting in limbo waiting for the fight.I thought I was going to fight Gaethje in Abu Dhabi in October, but he’s not going to be involved,Dan Hooker is going to fight Arman Tsarukyan and Charles [Oliveira] just fought Gamrot. There’s no one else I can fight, apart from Ilia Topuria, so hopefully that fight will be sorted out. - via Marca”
“There's really nothing official at the moment. I haven't had any official conversations with [the UFC] either. Everything is rumors so far. As soon as I get the call and we go into the details, I'll be able to tell you more. But for now, honestly, it's just all rumors. -reacted to Paddy's callout via Diario AS”
“If it were to me, I think I'd rather fight Paddy because there's a history between us. And I think it would be a much more entertaining fight for the fans. At the end of the day, I compete to entertain everyone and give them a unique experience, and I think with Paddy, we could achieve that. - answers for question 'who would you prefer to fight next Justin Gaethje or Paddy Pimblett' via Diario AS”