With a potential big grudge match looking, Paddy Pimblett looks back on the origin with his beef with Ilia Topuria.

Athlon Sports. UFC fighter and MMA artist Paddy Pimblett has never lacked confidence, and now the Liverpool native is eyeing a future that extends beyond the Octagon. Before that, though, he wants to make history by beating the reigning champion and No.

“He’s a very good all-round fighter—I respect him as a fighter, and he doesn’t respect me,” Pimblett said during an appearance on Verse Us with Eric Nicksick. “I genuinely think if he fought me, he wouldn’t train as hard. He just thinks he’d beat me. But I’d kick him everywhere”