Paddy Pimblett spoke about his dislike for Ilia Topuria.
“People haven’t seen two guys hate each other this much since the fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. I just hate Ilia. I want to hurt him. I wish our fight lasted until the fourth minute and the 50th second of the fifth round. I would land 907 elbow strikes on him. That’s enough to disfigure a face. I don’t want to knock Topuria out quickly. My goal in the fight with him is to make him experience pain.”