Paddy Pimblett had a gut feeling Justin Gaethje would upset Ilia Topuria at UFC Freedom 250.
Gaethje (28-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) battered Topuria (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) to claim the undisputed lightweight title in Sunday's main event at the White House in Washington DC. Doctors waived the fight off at the end of Round 4, resulting in a TKO win for Gaethje.
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While watching Round 4, Pimblett (23-4 MMA, 7-1 UFC) went off on Topuria for slowing down. Pimblett said he showed more fight in his unanimous decision loss to Gaethje at UFC 324.
"You're quitting, Ilia, you little b*tch," Pimblett said on his YouTube channel. "You're quitting. You can see. Never faced any adversity in your life, lad, and now you're facing it, and you're f*cking quitting like a little b*tch. I went five with him and kept f*cking biting down on my gummy and swinging to the last bell."
When Round 4 ended, Pimblett had Gaethje up three rounds to one until the fight was waved off.
"Oh my God, you're going to quit?," Pimblett reacted. "Oh my God, you quit, you little b*tch! Justin Gaethje man, the ultimate spoiler. What did I tell you? I said he was going to win. Oh my God, you quit like a little b*tch. My face was worse than yours, you little p*ssy."
Pimblett meets Benoit Saint Denis (17-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) in the UFC 329 co-main event on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+). With a win, he wants another shot at Gaethje and suggests Topuria fight the No. 1 contender instead.
"Look at him, sat on his stool," Pimblett said of Topuria. "I kept f*cking walking forward at Gaethje for five rounds and didn't have an ounce of quit in me because I'm a proper fighter. ... You deserve to be undisputed champion, but someone has to take that belt off you and when I beat BSD, I'm coming, lad.
"Arman (Tsarukyan) can fight Ilia now. They've been arguing for ages. Me vs. Justin, let's do it. No eye pokes, and we'll see how the fight goes. Ilia, you quit on the stool, you little b*tch. 'Quitney Houston', that's what you are."
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