{"id":465329,"date":"2022-12-12T15:35:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=465329"},"modified":"2022-12-12T15:35:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:35:13","slug":"ilia-topuria-believes-ufc-protecting-paddy-pimblett-from-fight-against-him-its-one-of-the-biggest-fights-in-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ilia-topuria-believes-ufc-protecting-paddy-pimblett-from-fight-against-him-its-one-of-the-biggest-fights-in-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Topuria believes UFC &#8220;protecting&#8221; Paddy Pimblett from fight against him: &#8220;It&#8217;s one of the biggest fights in the UFC&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight contender Ilia Topuria believes Paddy Pimblett is the fight to make. However, he doubts it will happen next.<\/p>\n<p>Both men competed on UFC 282&#8217;s pay-per-view event last Saturday night. For his part, &#8216;El Matador&#8217; opened up the main card with a second-round submission win over <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/bryce-mitchell\/\">Bryce Mitchell<\/a>. In the co-main event, &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; won a controversial decision against <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/jared-gordon\/\">Jared Gordon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, it capped off a dramatic week for both men. During the pre-fight press conference, the two did a lot of verbal sparring. Topuria was even held back by security to prevent a fight from breaking out, which was smart. At UFC London earlier this year, the two men almost got into a fight as well.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their trash talk and long-running rivalry, Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett have yet to fight. According to the featherweight contender, they likely won&#8217;t fight next. On <em>The MMA Hour<\/em> with<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/ariel-helwani-hits-back-at-paddy-pimblett-and-dana-white-after-recent-comments-they-reached-out-to-me\/\"> Ariel Helwani<\/a>, Topuria opined that the promotion was afraid of him fighting Pimblett.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_437143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-437143\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-437143 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ilia-Topuria.jpg\" alt=\"Ilia Topuria\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ilia-Topuria.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Ilia-Topuria-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-437143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(via Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like the UFC\u2019s protecting him me,&#8221; stated Topuria on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rPTWgimR1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The MMA Hour<\/em><\/a> alongside Ariel Helwani. &#8220;I don\u2019t know why. In reality, that\u2019s the fight to make right now, because it\u2019s one of the biggest fights in the UFC. We can perfectly sell a pay-per-view. That fight makes more excitement for people than [many] championship fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued. \u201c&#8230;I know that I\u2019m going to knock him out. I\u2019m way better than him everywhere. So right now, you have a fight against Paddy against who cares, I don\u2019t think people are very excited about watching him fight. Because he talks well, he\u2019s a great promoter, but as a fighter he sucks. Right now, I\u2019m the guy. Everyone wants to watch me fight. You put me against anyone, they\u2019re going to watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"PCfLDF\">\u201cIn reality, [UFC] never made an official offer to Paddy to fight against me. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to turn down the fight, maybe yes. I don\u2019t know, but the UFC didn\u2019t want the fight, yet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of these comments? Do you want to see the fight? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC featherweight contender Ilia Topuria believes Paddy Pimblett is the fight to make. However, he doubts it will happen next. Both men competed on UFC 282&#8217;s pay-per-view event last Saturday night. For his part, &#8216;El Matador&#8217; opened up the main card with a second-round submission win over Bryce Mitchell. 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