Paddy Pimblett says Ilia Topuria is sacred to take the battle with Max Holloway for his first title protection.
Topuria grew to become the UFC’s featherweight champion again in February with a knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski. He doesn’t have his subsequent battle booked however all indicators level to him dealing with Holloway subsequent.
Nevertheless, Paddy Pimblett says the battle shouldn’t be booked as a result of Ilia Topuria is making an attempt to not take it as he’s afraid of Max Holloway.
“I feel I’ve received the identical as everybody. Everybody’s choosing Max, know what I imply? Hand sanitizer boy is scared to take the battle, doesn’t wish to take the battle towards Max as a result of he is aware of what is going to occur. He fought Volkanovski on the good time, coming again off getting knocked out like 10 weeks later. He received fortunate there, to be trustworthy,” Paddy Pimblett mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Whether or not or not Topuria is definitely afraid of Holloway is unlikely, however Pimblett claims that’s the reason why the battle isn’t made. However, it must be famous that Topuria and Pimblett are rivals as the 2 have taken pictures at each other, because the Brit calls Topuria hand sanitizer boy as he threw a bottle of sanitizer at house at UFC London in March of 2022.
As for Paddy Pimblett, he’s set to tackle Bobby Inexperienced at UFC 304 in Manchester, England on July 27. Pimblett is getting the possibility to battle the Fifteenth-ranked light-weight and he’s the betting underdog going into the bout. However, Pimblett has confidence he’ll be capable of pull off the upset and begin his stand up the light-weight ranks.
Pinblett is 21-3 as a professional and is an ideal 5-0 within the UFC. He’s coming off a choice win over Tony Ferguson again at UFC 296 in December after he beat Jared Gordon by determination. His different wins within the UFC are by submission over Jordan Leavitt and Kazula Vargas, whereas in his UFC debut, he knocked out Luigi Vendramini.