Tensions were at an all-time high when Paddy Pimblett crossed paths with bitter rival and reigning lightweight champion Ilia Topuria.
‘The Baddy’ has been at odds with ‘El Matador’ ever since he made some disparaging comments about Georgians on social media. That led to the infamous hand sanitizer incident between the two in 2022, and they’ve been at each other’s throats ever since.
Now, with both fighters on hand for the UFC’s big debut in Qatar on Saturday, it was just a matter of time before the two would bump into one another.