Ilia Topuria believes Paddy Pimblett did what he wanted to do towards a lower-level fighter in his win at UFC 314.
Pimblett dominated and finally stopped Michael Chandler in third spherical within the co-main occasion from Miami to enhance to 7-0 contained in the octagon. Topuria and Pimblett have a heated rivalry relationship again a number of years, and whereas showing on the Joe Rogan Expertise, Topuria reacted to the efficiency.
“He did an important job,” Topuria mentioned of Pimblett. “He did what he needed to do, however for me… I’m going to be utterly trustworthy with you, for me, Chandler, he by no means was a unprecedented fighter. He was like a mean degree fighter. Who did he beat within the UFC? …
“So he beat Dan Hooker and Tony Ferguson, when [Ferguson] was nearly 40 years previous.”
Topuria was a focus of UFC 314 after he formally vacated the featherweight title, which was gained by Alexander Volkanovski in the primary occasion towards Diego Lopes. The undefeated Topuria is making the transfer to light-weight, and hopes to face Islam Makhachev for the 155-pound title in his subsequent bout.
So far as Chandler goes, Topuria understands the previous Bellator champ has a fan-friendly type, however that’s not what it’s all about in relation to greatness within the sport.
“On the finish of the day, you see wars,” Topuria mentioned. “It’s a really aggressive combat. You see nearly a bar combat. You see two guys in the midst of the octagon exchanging punches, however you don’t see approach. You don’t see expertise.
“You’ll see an important combat, as a result of as followers, it’s very entertaining to look at fights like that. However should you actually give it some thought, you don’t see expertise in that combat. You don’t see somebody making an attempt to take you down, management you, some nice submissions, nice transitions, placing — see a man that’s searching for mixtures, searching for his second, creating areas. …
“It’s simply wild canine… and that’s cool. You want guys like him. … I’d by no means suggest to somebody, ‘Watch this man and be taught one thing.’”
