Paddy
Pimblett isn’t happy that Benoit St.
Denis has climbed above him in the rankings by beating Dan
Hooker. 

St. Denis dominated Hooker en route to a technical knockout win at

UFC 3255 last month. The win saw the Frenchman climb ahead of
Pimblett to the No. 5 spot on the official
UFC lightweight rankings. The fact that St. Denis overtook
Pimblett by beating Hooker isn’t sitting well with the
Liverpudlian. Pimblett is now calling for a matchup against St.
Denis, which he bills as a matchup between Europe’s two best
lightweights. However, Pimblett is willing to fight anyone that the
UFC offers, be it Arman
Tsarukyan or anyone from the fallout of the upcoming
UFC 326 headliner between Max
Holloway and Charles
Oliveira.

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“What pissed me off is that St. Denis has moved above me for
beating that bum Dan Hooker…
St. Denis sounds like a good fight to me,” Pimblett said on
YouTube. “Europe’s two best lightweights going at it against each
other. Or we’ll get the winner or the loser of the fight between
Max and Charles. Or I’ll fight Arman if they want me to.”

St. Denis (17-3) is 9-3 in the UFC, with all of his wins coming via
finishes. “God of War” is riding a four-fight finishing streak that
includes wins over Mauricio
Ruffy and Beneil
Dariush. St. Denis called
out Tsarukyan following his win over Hooker at UFC 325.

Meanwhile, Pimblett (23-4) was unbeaten in seven UFC outings before
coming up short in a bid for the vacant lightweight title against
Justin
Gaethje at UFC 324
last month. “The Baddy” and Hooker share a strong dislike towards
each other and were recently involved in an ugly beef. Pimblett
said that “The Hangman” couldn’t wrestle a “rapist off his mother.”
Hooker responded by bringing up Pimblett’s friend Ricky, who took
his own life. 

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