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'Some had machetes, knives, bars and bats... I've never been so scared': UFC star Paddy Pimblett compares lawless scenes outside stadium after Champions League final to movie 'The Purge' as he opens up on his experience of terrifying ordeal

UFC star Paddy Pimblett has compared the terrifying scenes outside of the Champions League final in Paris similar to the film 'The Purge'.

The 2013 American film is based on an annual event where all crime is legal and emergency services are temporarily suspended for one night.

Pimblett, known as 'Paddy the Baddy', believes they experienced something very similar before and after the Reds 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid on Saturday evening.

Video footage has emerged of fans being crushed and mugged by local youths, with eye-witness accounts saying the gangs numbered around 1,000.