Paddy Pimblett breaks silence on Ilia Topuria shove at UFC 317 and reveals what rival said as chilling vow issued
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PADDY PIMBLETT has revealed what Ilia Topuria said to him moments before his rival shoved him.
The pair took part in a heated face-off early this morning, just moments after Topuria claimed the vacant lightweight title with a brutal KO of Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 317.
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Ilia Topuria brutally knocked out Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 to win the lightweight title
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The Georgian-born Spaniard had a heated post-fight face off with rival Paddy Pimblett
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Topuria ended up pushing the Brit after a heated back-and-forth
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Cameras picked up some of the back-and-forth, which started with Pimblett saying: 'Well done, lad.
"That was a heavy knockout, respect… but you will never knock me out.'
Topuria responded: 'I'm going to take your head, you little p***y.
"I'm going to put my balls on your forehead, you little p***y!'
A fired-up Pimblet then said: 'I never get knocked out, I'll finish you, little man.'
Seconds before shoving Pimblett, Topuria replied: 'Get your bum arse out of here."
Pimblett lapped up the moment as he left the cage and promptly revealed to UFC cameras what Topuria said to him when the microphone wasn't on the Georgian-born Spaniard.
He said: 'Ilia's just said in the cage that he's going to submit me.
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Paddy Pimblett relished the face off with Ilia Topuria
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'He won't do that. He said it because he knows he can't knock me out.
'I will put that little b*tch in his place. Get it booked!'
Ilia Topuria performs shock Paddy Pimblett U-turn ahead of UFC 317 after seemingly squashing beef with Brit
MMA fans loved the impromptu face off between long-time rivals Topuria and Pimblett.
UFC supremo Dana White, however, wasn't a fan and insisted the pair should've never got in earshot of one another.
He said: "I don't know who the hell let him in there.
"That should have never happened.
'I was already back in my room or that would have never happened.'
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