Ilia Topuria

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Paddy Pimblett

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Ilia Topuria explains cause of hotel altercation with Paddy Pimblett ... (MMA Fighting)

The two UFC fighters engaged in a heated altercation in the hotel on Tuesday ahead of their respective bouts at UFC London. Punches were thrown before the duo ...

Nonetheless, Pimblett has remained unapologetic throughout his feud with Topuria, and he fired back at the Georgia native at Wednesday’s UFC London media day, stating that Topuria “got put in his place” and “made himself look like a right tool” with the incident. I threw the bottle at his face, he threw it back to me, but I don’t know what, I slip and I give him a proper right hand — and that is why, the video, you saw it. “Who the f*** is he? Who the f*** is he? “The same situation [happened to us], we were living in Georgia in 2008. Even if he doesn’t get the win, I want to fight him, because of my people, because of me. “No wonder the Russians terrorise their lives.” I was living there, and a lot of guys from my class, my friends, I saw all of them out there, their parents were dying in the war, and crazy situations — I can’t even explain how the situation was at that time. “And to see how someone is joking about that, it makes my blood boil. The two UFC fighters engaged in a heated altercation in the hotel on Tuesday ahead of their respective bouts at UFC London. Punches were thrown before the duo was separated by onlookers and members of Topuria’s team. “Lad how stupid are these Georgians man,” Pimblett wrote, accompanied by several crying laughing emojis. When I saw it, I was surprised.

Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett scuffle in hotel before UFC Fight Night (unknown)

Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett got into a scrap and hurled insults ahead of Saturday's UFC Fight Night 204 in London before taking their feud to social ...

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Ilia Topuria, Paddy Pimblett Altercation Caught on Video Ahead of ... (Bleacher Report)

UFC lightweights Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria came to blows at the host hotel days before their respective fights at UFC Fight Night 204 in London on...

Because if you think about it, if I catch him outside of the octagon, I’m going to hand him a beating, and I’m going to have to pay is recovery. This way, if he accepts a fight with me, I’m going to crack his head, and I’d get paid for beating him up." Pimblett and Topuria have reportedly been beefing on social media for a while.

Ilia Topuria gets brutally honest on beef with Paddy Pimblett (ClutchPoints)

Ilia Topuria had a nasty altercation with Paddy Pimblett ahead of UFC London on Saturday. Pimblett threw hand sanitizer and some punches were thrown between the two men. The two actually didn't know each other and Ilia Topuria didn ...

This way, if he accepts a fight with me, I’m going to crack his head, and I’d get paid for beating him up.” Ilia Topuria would look forward to a fight with Paddy Pimblett in the future. Because if you think about it, if I catch him outside of the octagon, I’m going to hand him a beating, and I’m going to have to pay is recovery.

UFC's Ilia Topuria Gets In Hotel Skirmish With Paddy Pimblett Over ... (TMZ)

Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett -- two rising stars in the UFC -- threw punches and bottles in a wild hotel lobby altercation.

Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett -- two rising stars in the UFC -- threw punches and bottles in a wild hotel lobby altercation ... and it was all over an offensive tweet. UFC's Ilia Topuria Hotel Skirmish W/ Paddy Pimblett Over Offensive Tweet UFC's Ilia Topuria Gets In Hotel Skirmish With Paddy Pimblett Over Offensive Tweet Paddy later deleted the tweet and apologized ... but it's clear Topuria hasn't forgotten about it, nor has he forgiven the 27-year-old. The skirmish went down just days before UFC Fight Night in London ... where Topuria is slated to fight Jai Herbert, and Pimblett is set to face off against Rodrigo Vargas. The video is pretty nuts -- Topuria walks right up to 17-3 Pimblett and appears to either throw an object or swipe at him.

Paddy Pimblett recounts UFC London fight week altercation with 'little man' Ilia Topuria (unknown)

Paddy Pimblett gives his side of the story to the UFC Fight Night 204 fight week altercation with Ilia Topuira.

I stood there on my own and there was about six of them, and he done nothing. “I wasn’t punching him because I’m not breaking my hand and then not be able to fight and not get my money on the weekend. “He wanted to come at me and act all that, and he got put in his place. “He’s not going to win, I know full well. I said, ‘What’s happening, lad?’ And as he got close to me, he swiped a slap at me, and obviously if you raise your hands at me, I’m going to do something. So I stepped back, and I picked the hand sanitizer and bounced it off his head.