UFC star Payton Talbott continues bitter feud with streamer Adin Ross after gross DM exchange

Payton Talbott has insisted that his feud with Adin Ross could be very real, and there may be now a UFC bounty on his head from the streamer.

The fast-rising bantamweight scored the very best win of his profession on Saturday night as he brutalized former two-weight world champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 323. Within the build-up to the fight, Talbott was invited on Ross’ live stream, but declined with a foul photo in response to the offer.

Now, the pair appear to be at odds, with Talbott complaining that Ross is a primary example of a ‘streaming culture’ which he feels is an overall negative for society. For his part, the Kick streamer seems to have taken the banter well, joking that he’s going to sue the UFC star.

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Payton Talbott again goes off on Adin Ross after denying streamer collaboration

Payton Talbott appeared on Ariel Helwani’s show after his win over Henry Cejudo to speak about numerous topics coming out of a powerful performance. One topic that caught viewers’ interest, nevertheless, was his ongoing rivalry with Adin Ross.

“It’s legit,” Talbott said of the rivalry. “I recently saw he put a bounty on my head… Then he said he was going to sue me, I’m sure he was joking or whatever. But that’s type of my point. The one thing he can do to keep up relevance is to place a f—ing bounty on my head?

“That’s why I said no in the primary place… That’s the gripe I actually have with streaming culture. He has no ability to do anything to me so he’s offering money to another person to supply some type of viral moment. That’s why I don’t prefer it. It’s vampiric and leechy.

“Just pointing a camera at someone and saying ‘now clap like a monkey, wait do it again the chat missed it’? I just don’t like that… I don’t hate those people or anything, I just don’t wish to be a part of it.”

Payton Talbott sent Adin Ross graphic photo in response to stream offer

A story that went viral before the fight was that Ross had invited Talbott to affix him on certainly one of his popular Kick streams. The fighter claims that he responded with a photograph of his testicles and a denial, to which Ross laughed and promised to stay friends.

“He DM’d me asking me and that is in all places but I sent him an image with my decline,” Talbott continued. “I said ‘no, I might not prefer to be in your stream, stream these as an alternative’ and sent some nice b—s… They were really good looking, a great pair of b—s.

“He type of passed the vibe check, he was like ‘good luck anyway’, laughed and asked if we could still be friends. I just left it at that, but I suppose he doesn’t wish to be friends any more he desires to put a bounty on me, big scary bounty… Like no person’s attempting to knock me out because it is.”