Paddy Pimblett had lots 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 submit” and ship one of many “worst beatings” ever seen contained in the Octagon.
“He’d by no means struggle once more. It’d be the final struggle that he’d ever have within the Octagon,” Covington mentioned in an interview with Submission Radio. “I’d beat him foolish from pillar to submit. I’d beat him so unhealthy it’d be one of many worst beatings in UFC historical past. I don’t suppose the Athletic Fee would have the ability to sanction a struggle for him ever once more. After the injury I’d do to Paddy Pimblett. The man’s an absolute joke.”
Months later, each Pimblett and Covington have been in attendance at a Energy Slap occasion in Las Vegas forward of UFC 313. In keeping with ‘The Baddy,’ Covington averted contact with him the whole time as an alternative of holding 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 mentioned in a video on his YouTube channel. “Talks an enormous sport on-line, sh*ts his lingerie 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 change into the poster little one for irrelevance within the UFC. In the meantime, Pimblett is a number of quick weeks away from the most important struggle of his profession.
Emanating from the Kaseya Middle 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 choice W over Tony Ferguson and most just lately, a first-round submission victory in opposition to King Inexperienced at UFC 304 in Manchester.
