Paddy Pimblett had a lot to say after crossing paths with Colby Covington.
Late final yr, Covington had suggested Pimblett in opposition to a possible transfer as much as the welterweight division, suggesting that he’d beat the Liverpudlian from “pillar to put up” and ship one of many “worst beatings” ever seen contained in the Octagon.
“He’d by no means combat once more. It’d be the final combat that he’d ever have within the Octagon,” Covington stated in an interview with Submission Radio. “I might beat him foolish from pillar to put up. I’d beat him so dangerous it’d be one of many worst beatings in UFC historical past. I don’t assume the Athletic Fee would be capable of sanction a combat for him ever once more. After the harm I might do to Paddy Pimblett. The man’s an absolute joke.”
Months later, each Pimblett and Covington had been in attendance at a Energy Slap occasion in Las Vegas forward of UFC 313. In line with ‘The Baddy,’ Covington prevented contact with him the complete time as a substitute of protecting the identical vitality he introduced in prior interviews.
“We ended up going to Energy Slap Friday evening…walked previous Colby Covington, he stared on the flooring,” Pimblett stated in a video on his YouTube channel. “Talks a giant recreation on-line, sh*ts his underwear in individual.”
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Having misplaced 4 of his final six, together with back-to-back losses in opposition to Leon Edwards and Joaquin Buckley, Covington has grow to be the poster youngster for irrelevance within the UFC. In the meantime, Pimblett is a number of brief weeks away from the most important combat of his profession.
Emanating from the Kaseya Heart in Miami, Florida on April 12, Pimblett will step into the co-main occasion highlight for a five-round conflict with former Bellator champion ‘Iron’ Michael Chandler at UFC 314.
Pimblett goes into the bout using an eight-fight win streak courting again to March 2020. That streak features a unanimous determination W over Tony Ferguson and most just lately, a first-round submission victory in opposition to King Inexperienced at UFC 304 in Manchester.
