Bobby Inexperienced warned Paddy Pimblett that he shouldn’t have stated his title. Now he’s received an opportunity to point out why.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced Thursday that Inexperienced and Pimblett will throw down July 27 at UFC 304 (ESPN+ pay-per-view) in Manchester, England.
The reserving comes not lengthy after Inexperienced’s brutal win over Jim Miller final month at UFC 300. Afterward, Inexperienced (32-15-1 MMA, 13-10-1 UFC) put Pimblett (21-3 MMA, 5-0 UFC) on blast.
“(I known as him out) as a result of he known as me (out). He shouldn’t have stated my title,” Inexperienced stated on the UFC 300 post-fight information convention. “He ought to have saved it to these different guys. This man proper right here will discover you. And after I line it up, and I get the sights proper, you’re going to pay dearly.”
Inexperienced, 37, has gained three of his previous 4 fights. His spectacular efficiency in opposition to inexperienced was a powerful rebound after he was completed by Jalin Turner within the first spherical final December.
As for Pimblett, the 29-year-old British star and former Cage Warriors champion is undefeated in 5 UFC appearances. Final December, he most just lately gained a unanimous resolution in opposition to Tony Ferguson, whom Inexperienced dominated and finally choked out within the last seconds of the third spherical of their July 2023 struggle at UFC 291.
The UFC 304 lineup contains:
- Champ Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad – for welterweight title
- Interim champ Tom Aspinall vs. Curtis Blaydes – for interim heavyweight title
- Bobby Inexperienced vs. Paddy Pimblett
- Manel Kape vs. Muhammad Mokaev
- Arnold Allen vs. Giga Chikadze
- Daniel Pineda vs. Nathaniel Wooden
- Shauna Bannon vs. Ravena Oliveira
- Bruna Brasil vs. Molly McCann
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