The unhealthy blood between prime UFC light-weight contenders Dan Hooker and Paddy Pimblett continues to boil over forward of Pimblett’s combat at UFC 324.
UFC light-weight star Paddy Pimblett is hours away from the most important combat of his profession this Saturday at UFC 324. Pimblett and UFC fan favourite Justin Gaethje will compete for the interim UFC light-weight title within the first UFC principal occasion of the 12 months.
Pimblett stays assured forward of his showdown with Gaethje. He plans to face lineal UFC light-weight champion and longtime rival Ilia Topuria sooner or later, and expects him to brutally knock out Gaethje contained in the cage.
Nevertheless, Pimblett can be dealing with off in opposition to one other prime contender, Dan Hooker, heading into UFC 324. Pimblett and Hooker have been engaged in a heated spat on social media for weeks, however their newest trade turned very private.
Previous to UFC 324, Pimblett has repeatedly questioned Hooker’s grappling means forward of a possible future combat. In his newest commentary on Hooker, Pimblett praised Hooker’s grappling in opposition to the tech large who has by no means competed in MMA.
Paddy Pimblett predicts Mark Zuckerberg will faucet out Dan Hooker in a grappling match
in a current interview John Bernard KairouzPimblett was requested about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s grappling expertise and used it as a possibility to mock Hooker.
“I’ve by no means seen him prepare,” Pimblett mentioned of Zuckerberg.
“But when he is aware of Jiu-Jitsu, he can undoubtedly beat a standard man. Jiu-Jitsu carries weight, undoubtedly.”
“Zuckerberg will in all probability exchange Dan Hooker.” (h/t Bloody Elbow)
As of this writing, Hooker has not responded to Pimblett’s newest provocation. He’s scheduled to combat Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 325 later this month.
If a matchup between Pimblett and Hooker have been to occur sooner or later, it is protected to say that Pimblett would not be nervous if the combat have been to happen domestically. In the meantime, their feud continues to warmth up forward of their sturdy light-weight reserving.
