Justin Gaethje has vowed to make Paddy Pimblett pay for insulting a legend.
The lightweight duo will square off for an interim title at UFC 324 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
On Thursday, the celebs of the primary UFC show on Paramount got here together for a pre-fight press conference.
It was a quite tame affair, aside from the moment when Justin Gaethje called out Paddy Pimblett for disrespecting a recently retired UFC fan favorite.
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Just one man can secure the interim lightweight title on January 24.
Justin Gaethje slams Paddy Pimblett
Justin Gaethje accused Paddy Pimblett of being overconfident and disrespectful ahead of UFC 324.
‘The Highlight’ didn’t like something Pimblett recently said about his old rival Dustin Poirier.
“, he definitely sounds overconfident,” Gaethje said in the course of the pre-fight press event.
“He’s out here disrespecting legends like Dustin Poirier.
“I’m gonna dog walk this English f— on Saturday. Watch!”
Pimblett defended his comments as ‘honest’ and aimed toward someone who has also criticized him.
“Dustin has never got a pleasant word to say about me,” he replied.
“So, I used to be honest and said he looked like s— against [Max] Holloway.
“F—ing hell, stop f—ing crying, you gang of farts.”
Gaethje interjected: “You’d also seem like s— against Holloway.”
Pimblett ended the conversation by saying: “We’ll see, once I beat you, I may very well be fighting him.”
What did Paddy Pimblett say about Dustin Poirier?
Paddy Pimblett recently let rip at Dustin Poirier for the ‘silly’ mistake he made ahead of his retirement fight.
‘The Baddy’ doesn’t think Poirier should’ve announced he was walking away from MMA before his unanimous decision defeat to Max Holloway at UFC 318 last July.
“I take a look at Dustin Poirier for an example,” Pimblett told TNT Sports.
Is that this guy the longer term of the lightweight division?
Paddy Pimblett will fight Justin Gaethje for an interim title at UFC 324.
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“He’s come out and said, ‘Yeah, I’m having this retirement fight’. After which he looked like a bit of dog s—.
“Got his head punched in for five rounds and looked like s—. And had all this big s— made.
“In case you’re gonna retire, it’s good to just do it. You don’t wanna tell everyone.
“He put an excessive amount of expectation on his shoulders and got muftied in his own backyard.
“Made himself look silly.”
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