Well, okay then.
Ilia Topuria defended his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight championship in incredible fashion at UFC 308 yesterday (Sat., Oct. 26, 2024) when he became the first fighter to knock out UFC legend Max Holloway from inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, UAE (watch highlights).
It is safe to say most fighters were impressed by Topuria’s unbelievable feat of knocking out Holloway. One fighter who gave him props and immediately dissed the champion by saying he’d win in a fight was Lightweight Paddy Pimblett.
“Hand sanitizer boy with the win,” Pimblett said on his YouTube channel Heavy. Well done, Ilia, give you your due lad, 16-0 hand sanitizer boy. I can’t wait for him to come back up to Lightweight. I still think I’d beat him. I really do. I still think I beat him, lad. Whether he just beat Max Holloway or not. I still think I’d beat him by kicking him on the feet or taking him down and submitting him.”
To be fair to Pimblett, what was he supposed to say? Especially with the bad blood between the two.
While Pimblett may have all the faith in the world that he beats Topuria, the internet does not.
“I still think I’d beat him”
Paddy Pimblett’s reaction to Topuria’s win over Max is as delusional as you’d expect pic.twitter.com/IfI6DlqgBn
— Ben Davis (@BenTheBaneDavis) October 27, 2024
Some other thoughts on “Baddy’s” crazy take were the following:
Buddy is a special kind of stupid
Even he doesn’t look like he thinks that
Buddy had to repeat himself 3x. Even he doesnt believe that shit haha
Bro was getting hit by washed 0-7 Tony lmao
This is the dude that went to decision with 2023 Tony Ferguson
Paddy lad Max is as tall and you don’t even have a third of his talent in terms of distance management and takedown defense. Your jits is great but it isn’t carrying you over Ilia, come on now.
He’d get his block knocked off.
Topuira would do inhumane things to paddy. Let’s set it up.
As mentioned, Topuria and Pimblett do not like each other and have almost come to blows a few times. Pimblett threw a hand sanitizer bottle at Topuria in 2022.
As of June 2023, Topuria closed the door on the potential matchup.
Nevertheless, Pimblett is waiting for his next fight after dispatching Bobby Green, while Topuria is riding high while knocking out two Featherweight greats back-to-back.
For complete UFC 308 results, coverage, and highlights, click HERE.