Paddy Pimblett has one thing particular in thoughts for a possible struggle with fellow UFC star Ilia Topuria.
England’s Pimblett is at the moment ranked No. 8 within the UFC light-weight division, and might be only a few extra wins from a crack on the division’s title. That title, in fact, was not too long ago vacated by long-time champion Islam Makhachev, who’s headed as much as welterweight. That cleared the best way for Spain’s Topuria, the previous featherweight champ, to battle Charles Oliveira for the vacant belt in his light-weight debut. The struggle goes down at UFC 317 on June 28.
A number of issues might want to occur earlier than Pimblett and Topuria can struggle. Most notably, Topuria might want to struggle and presumably beat Oliveira. Nonetheless, a struggle between the 2 stars does appear inevitable. That’s partly as a result of they’re each proper close to the highest of the heap at light-weight. But it’s additionally as a result of they’ve been speaking trash on social media and in interviews for years.
In a latest Instagram publish, Pimblett gave a sneak peak of his sport plan for Topuria. The publish included a photograph of him head-kicking Michael Chandler in his final struggle — a maneuver he intends to repeat.
“Can’t wait to land one in all these on el chorizo,” Pimblett wrote, referencing Topuria’s “El Matador” nickname (to not be confused with his other nickname).
