Paddy
Pimblett believes a matchup with Ilia
Topuria will be a big draw. 

The beef between the two started with Pimblett’s controversial
comments about Topuria’s home country of Georgia. The two met at a
UFC London card in March 2022, and Pimblett threw a bottle of hand
sanitizer at Topuria at the fighter hotel. They have since gone
back and forth on multiple occasions, although the feud seems
lighthearted.

Pimblett was eager to welcome Topuria to the lightweight division
when the former featherweight champ moved up. However, Topuria will
fight for the vacant lightweight title against Charles
Oliveira in the main event at UFC 317
on June 28. Pimblett believes he might be in the immediate title
mix, provided Topuria wins and calls him out. “The Baddy” is
confident that the UFC will be interested in the matchup as it’s a
“money fight.”

Pimblett also claims to have already formed a game plan to beat “El
Matador.”

“If Ilia wins and says he wants to fight me, the UFC will make that
fight because they know it’s a money fight,” Pimblett said on
Tom
Aspinall’s YouTube channel. “I know I’d beat him.

“We’ve already drawn up a game plan to beat him up. I know how to
beat him. No one goes for his weaknesses when he fights them.
Everyone just tries to have a boxing match with him. I’m not gonna
come out to a boxing match with him. I’m gonna beat him with me
all-round MMA game. I know I would piece him up and I reckon I
would probably hurt him. And just show to everyone even more of
what I am able to do.”

Topuria won the featherweight title against Alexander
Volkanovski and defended it against Max
Holloway, both via knockout, before moving up. Meanwhile
Pimblett is undefeated in seven UFC outings with five finishes and
is fresh off a stoppage win over Michael
Chandler. 

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