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Daniel Cormier has claimed this ufc wanted to book a fight between paddy pimblett And Justin GulamayBecause light title picture is difficult to read.
on saturday, Arman Tsarukyan Gained strength by defeating Dan Hooker in Qatar His status as the number 1 contender Ilya Topuria, who won the vacant belt after vacating the featherweight title in June.
However, fifth-ranked Pimblett and fourth-ranked Gaethje have also submitted their bids to face Topuria; “Paddy the Baddy” and the Spanish-Georgians There is a complaint which is till 2022While former interim champion Gaethje has Threatened to retire if not given title shot,
Now, UFC champion turned commentator Cormier has addressed the complicated 155lb title picture after Topuria He said the UFC has not contacted him about his next fight,
“I know for a fact that they wanted to do Paddy vs. Justin,” Cormier said. his youtube channel On Wednesday. “Finally a win over Justin [Pimblett has] It’s already happened, I would have bought Paddy fighting for the belt right now.”
Cormier, 46, seemed to be referring to a hypothetical outcome if Liverpool’s Pimblett had defeated Gaethje at some point this year.
Cormier continued, “Because I still believe that Paddy needs to grow up in the Octagon a little bit.”[but] He’s righted the ship, and now he’s fought so well that we say: ‘Man, the way he beat [Michael] ‘Chandler, we’ve never seen anything like this before.’
“But Ilya is a different animal, he’s a savage. But so is Arman Zarukyan. I believe the Arman vs. Ilya fight is, man, 100 percent. From the conversation between them, you can tell those guys don’t like each other…”
Former light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion Cormier referenced the build-up to the Topuria and Tsarukyan fights this week. Topuria posted a video – recorded in June according to Tsarukyan – in which he is seen greeting the Armenian with a touch to the face and a hug. “El Matador” Claimed he had slapped Tsarukyan, who rejected the idea,
Cormier continued, “Ilya said he slapped her that day, Arman says he touched her face.” “It’s easy to create a fight between these two, because when you create a fight between these two, you think it’s going to be very competitive.
“You think Arman Zarukyan has a chance of winning, but you also know that there is no such person in the world Ilya Topuria Can’t beat.
“With these great champions, there is nothing better than going into a fight knowing that they are going to have their hands full and they are going to be challenged.”
Pimblett’s feud with 28-year-old Topuria dates back to 2022, when Topuria confronted the 30-year-old over tweets posted by Pimblett, which Topuria accused of being anti-Georgia. Before the UFC London confrontation at the Fighter Hotel, Pimblett was seen sipping a bottle of hand sanitizer at Topuria.
The pair crossed paths again last weekWith everyone present in Qatar to support teammates; Topuria helped train his brother Alexandre, who won his battle, while Pimblett’s teammates Luke Riley and Shakeem Rock had mixed fortunes – with Riley winning and Rock losing. In this latest run-in, Topuria called his opponent a “p***y.”
Pimblett last fought in April, dominating former Bellator champion Chandler to remain undefeated in the UFC. Meanwhile, Topuria’s last fight was a first-round knockout against former UFC champion Charles Oliveira in June.
Gaethje last fought in March, when he defeated Rafael Fiziev for the second time. However, the American suffered a crushing defeat in his previous bout, as former featherweight king Max Holloway dominated him and was knocked out in the last seconds of the 25-minute fight.