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Nigeria’s Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Israel ‘Last Style Bender’ Adesanya has taken a swipe at Liverpool-based rival, Paddy Pimblett, who recently called him out for a bout.
Megasportsarena.com reports that Adesanya chose a vile response, loaded with expletives and mockery, after the Liverpudlian fighter called the New Zealand-based Nigerian fighter’s ring walks ‘stupid.’
Pimblett’s smacker came in response to how Adesanya famously danced into The Octagon alongside two friends ahead of his title win in 2019, but that has earned the rising rival a verbal smack from the champ.
This comes as Pimblett prepares for his fight against Rodrigo Vargas at UFC London this Saturday, and he could be facing some distraction after Adesanya too to his YouTube channel to slam the Merseyside mate.
However, ‘The Last Style Bender’ added that he is not thinking of a bout with the British lightweight and former Cage Warriors champion, whose UFC debut last year saw him stop Luigi Vendramini round one and enhanced the buzz around him.
The 32-year-old Adesanya also doubled down on his suggestion that he likes Pimblett, despite complimenting the 27-year-old Brit’s confidence and adding that it may be a useful asset for the Liverpudlian.
Adesanya stated: “That kind of confidence shakes a lot of dudes, even a lot of veterans. When they’re under the lights, when a guy is creative like Pimblett or like myself…
“Like [Derek] Brunson at Madison Square Garden, I created all of that. He was like: ‘Oh, f***, s***.’ He got shook.
“So, [Pimblett] can shake a lot of veterans with that confidence, but he’s a bit green so he needs to work on his skills, especially his striking.
“He jumped in the UFC, talked that s***, and he walked that s***, too. I like what he’s doing.
“I like the haircut, and I like how he’s owning everything and just telling it like it is. He’s speaking his truth.
“They’re building him up. This is the thing: When I got to the UFC, when I jumped in, I was ready to fight the dangerous people of the division.
“I’m not talking this fight, this ain’t the biggest fight of his life. He’s fighting a motherf***** that’s 1-2 [in the UFC].
“He’s getting fed a bum. I dare him to try something like that and then fight, and do what I did.
“He should do that, I dare him to do a f***ing whole entrance on the biggest fight of his life.
“I’m not talking this fight, this ain’t the biggest fight of his life. He’s fighting a motherf***** that’s 1-2 [in the UFC].
“He’s getting fed a bum. I dare him to try something like that and then fight, and do what I did.”
“They threw me right in there against a grappler who was going to grapple me – at least, that’s what he tried to do.
“Second fight, I’m fighting blockhead [Marvin Vettori]. Third fight, I fight a top-ranked guy – top 10, f***, third fight.
“Look, you can be a hype train, but there’s levels. I knew I could jump in the deep end and swim with the sharks right away. I didn’t have the opportunity like some of the these guys.
“Even [Jon Jones] early on was fighting… not scrubs, but they push you, and once they realise who you are: ‘Oh, okay, let’s push him more.’
“Anyway, that’s no shade by the way, that’s just me stating it as it is for myself. I didn’t get to fight a guy who was 1-2.”
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