The previous UFC champion does not imagine it is time for Ilia Topuria vs. Paddy Pimblett.
Topuria received the UFC Light-weight Championship by knocking out Charles Oliveira in the primary occasion of UFC 317. After the match, Pimblett entered Octagon and stared at him with a peek at him, “El Matador.” Topuria thrusts “Baddy” in earlier than Safety separates the 2 males. It appeared that the UFC had been fishing for that matchup, however Dana White later advised reporters he wasn’t glad that Pinblet was allowed contained in the Octagon.
So who was Toplia’s first title challenger ultimately? In a current version of the “Pound 4 kilos” podcast, Kamal Usman defined why it should not be a pinblet (H/T MMAJUNKIE).
“It is not Paddy’s fault. Paddy did a fantastic job with the opposition given to place herself on this dialog,” Usman stated on his “4 pound pound” podcast with Henry Sejude. “Paddy did an unbelievable job. However if you happen to have a look at the light-weight rankings, there’s Ilia Topuria. Subsequent up is Arman Tsarukyan.
“That is sensible, if you happen to’re not going to do Ahman Zarkian or justicetege, you may have Bene Dalüche earlier than Dan Hooker, Mattheus Gamlott and Paddy Pinblett.
Arman Tsarukyan and Justin Gaethje had been additionally within the crowd, witnessing Topuria’s 155 pound title victory. Each males are pounding the desk for the following crack of sunshine gold. The emperor claims that Topria is ducking him, however Garce threatens to retire if he does not obtain the chance for his subsequent light-weight title.
At this level, we do not know who Topuria will combat subsequent. bjpenn.com will proceed to replace you.
