Bobby
Green claims Paddy
Pimblett would have done better to not mention his name at
all.
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Green earned a unanimous decision win over Jim Miller at
UFC
300 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday. He then
called out Pimblett for the UFC’s rumored card in Manchester,
England, in June.
“Paddy how dare you? You slimy, sugary little snake,” Green said in
his post-fight interview. “How dare you say my name? I’m coming
after you. July, I’m coming to your backyard, to your people and
kick your ass.”
Green later explained that he was only returning Pimblett’s favor
by calling out the Liverpudlian.
“Because he called me,” Green said during a post-fight media scrum. “He shouldn’t have said
my name. He should have kept it to those other guys. This guy right
here will find you. And when I line it up, when I get the sights
right, you’re gonna pay dearly.”
Pimblett and Green have appeared to be on a collision course for a
while now. Pimblett earned a controversial unanimous decision win
over Jared
Gordon at UFC 282 in December 2022, which many observers
believed should have gone the other way. Gordon next faced Green in
April 2023, with the bout ending in a no contest due to an
accidental clash of heads. However, Green was praised for his
showing against Gordon. Pimblett took issue with fans’ praise of
Green after they had criticized “The Baddy” for his performance
against Gordon. Pimblett went on to score a dominant decision win
over Tony
Ferguson at UFC 296 and called out Green or Grant
Dawson next.
Green claims he doesn’t really watch the former Cage Warriors
champ’s fights. What has caught Green’s attention the most is
Pimblett’s victory dance celebration, and he isn’t amused
by it.
“I don’t really watch Paddy like that to be honest. I’m going to
keep it real,” Green said. “I watched the Jared fight because maybe
I just happened to be there sitting at the damn TV table. But I
don’t watch his fights, so I don’t really know much about the guy.
I just saw him doing this little thing [mimics Pimblett’s victory
dance]. Who does that? Who does that? I don’t know, that’s not cool
to me but besides that I don’t pay attention to the guy.”