Pimblett commented on early defeat

"It was tough, really tough. I wasn't planning to compete at all because I had just done a double training session and five rounds of sparring, but in the end, I rested for half an hour and immediately faced a real machine. He caught me in a calf slicer. I thought he was going for a heel hook, but I didn't pay attention to it because that move is banned, but he suddenly switched to a calf slicer, which I didn't expect at all. I had beaten him before in the final and on the way to the final, so he deserved it—he got his revenge."