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Paddy Pimblett rips Ilia Topuria: 'You quit you little b***h'

Paddy Pimblett rips Ilia Topuria: 'You quit you little b***h'

June 16, 2026

Source: Yahoo Sports · Read on source site

Ilia Topuria entered the UFC Freedom 250 main event against Justin Gaethje as the heavy betting favorite to win the lightweight title unification bout. He walked out of the octagon bloodied, battered, and beaten.

>Gaethje was crowned the new undisputed UFC lightweight champion on the South Lawn of The White House after causing Topuria's corner to throw in the towel following the fourth round. One of the few that picked Gaethje to pull off the upset was Paddy Pimblett. Gaethje earned the title unification bout against Topuria by defeating Pimblett at UFC 324 in January.

>"As I've seen saying, I know he's the underdog. I know everyone's counting him out, lad, but he did it against me. And Justin Gaethje is the intimate spoiler. He ruined Tony [Ferguson] versus Khabib [Nurmagomedov]. He ruined me versus Ilia. And I think he's about to ruin Ilia versus Islam [Makhachev]," Pimblett said before the fight.

>Pimblett watched the championship bout and tore into Topuria after his corner threw in the towel accusing him of 'quitting.'

>"Oh my God, you quit. You little b***h. Justin Gaethje, man, the ultimate spoiler. What did I tell you? I said he was going to win didn't I," Pimblett said on his YouTube channel.

>"You quit like a little b***h. My face was worse than yours, you little p***y," continued Pimblett. "I went five with him. I took every f**king shot that he threw at me and kept walking forward. This little b***h just quit after four rounds. That's what this little b***h has just done. Look at him sat on his stool. I kept f**king walking forward at Gaethje for five rounds and didn't have an ounce of quit in me because I'm a proper fighter."