Paddy Pimblett is spitting venom after his UFC 317 face-off with Ilia Topuria. Newly minted lightweight champion Topuria welcomed Pimblett into the Octagon following his viral knockout over Charles Oliveira in the first round.

Pimblett expect that he will get the next shot, and he said the bad blood with Pimblett is as real as it gets, comparing it to perhaps the most infamous rivalry in MMA history between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.

Paddy Pimblett crashed Ilia Topuria’s post-fight interview at UFC 317 to call for a fight with the newly-crowned lightweight champion. Topuria became the latest member of the two-weight