

In the first two rounds, I came closer to finishing the fight. “Nowadays when you watch a fight, it’s whoever comes closest to finishing the fight. People just like to hate on me,” he added. People just want to score the fight against me. I don’t understand what people think, people just don’t like me, lad. UFC color commentator Joe Rogan gave his take on the exposé of Liver King by Derek of More Plates More Dates (MPMD). I think he landed one significant strike in the third round. I don’t think he got me down I ended up taking him down. “He wasn’t landing any damage I was the one landing the strikes. Straight away in the third round he pushed me against the cage, I had no urgency to get off it. Me ankle, I think I’m going to need something to do with it. I easily won the first two rounds and then the third round I coasted because my ankle was very sore. I don’t understand how anyone thinks it was close. Pimblett gave his breakdown of the fight, and revealed that he might have picked up an ankle injury.

Anyone saying I lost that fight can go eat me a******.” It’s annoying me, it’s annoying me a lot. I’m pretty pissed off, to be honest, that people thought I lost.

All’s that matters when you look back in the history books, is that I’ve got a green marker, a W next to my name. I wanted to get the finish I’m very disappointed but I won. I am disappointed I didn’t get the finish. “I’ll continue to be underestimated like I always am. He expressed his frustrations before concluding with a message for his critics. ‘The Baddy’ admitted he was annoyed by the idea that the contest was close. Pimblett Is Annoyed by the Idea It Was a Close Fight Pimblett: "It wasn't a split decision, it was a unanimous decision, so I'm pretty pissed off that people thought I lost, it's annoying me. And he felt I didn’t belong? I’ll never fight him in here, but I’ll fight him right now if I could f****** find his b**** ass here anyway.Post-fight interview with Paddy Pimblett. Straight up, a little-leaguer playing in the major leagues. It for sure makes me happy though that I’m not supporting the bulls*** that they’ve been trying to push on me the whole time. I don’t train for fights anymore, I just train to fight everybody always, ready for war. I’m going to watch some video, but s***, it don’t matter anyway because I train for everybody always anyway. It’s f****** irritating,” Diaz said per MMA Fighting. And in short, Diaz was seemingly quite frustrated. Rodriguez will now fight Li Jingliang, the man who was scheduled to fight Ferguson, in a 180-pound catchweight.ĭiaz Called the Last-Minute Fight Change ‘A Mess’ĭiaz spoke with ESPN during their weigh-in show on Friday and he was asked for his thoughts on the last-minute fight change. Holland was already scheduled to fight Daniel Rodriguez at 180 pounds, so the promotion decided to shuffle the deck.
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In the co-main event, Khamzat Chimaev will look to improve his undefeated professional mixed martial arts record when he takes on dynamic striker Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight match.ĭiaz and Chimaev were originally supposed to square off, however Chimaev missed the 171-pound limit by seven-and-a-half pounds. The bout will be contested at welterweight. Nate Diaz will compete in the final fight of his promotional contract against fellow “Ultimate Fighter” winner and former interim UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson. UFC 279 Headlined By a Battle Between 2 UFC Legendsįight fans will witness two UFC legends go to war during the September 10th main event.
