Ilia Topuria finds himself in an excellent position in his MMA career after getting a huge knockout win over Jai Herbert at UFC London. He also has a potentially big fight with Paddy Pimblett on the books.

The two had a nasty altercation at the fighter hotel during UFC London Fight Week. Ilia Topuria made it clear he wanted to fight Paddy Pimblett next after everything that happened.

“Paddy? Never. Never,” Topuria said at the UFC London post-fight press conference via MMAFighting. “I don’t think [he’ll fight me]. Maybe if Dana stayed with him with a gun, maybe yes – and they force him to go inside the cage with me maybe. Otherwise, I don’t think so. I don’t think he has the balls to fight me.”

Ilia Topuria made it clear he wanted to fight Paddy Pimblett after UFC London. The weight class does not matter for the Georgian fighter. He's comfortable staying at lightweight in order to make it happen. It doesn't even matter if Paddy Pimblett does not make weight.

“With Paddy, I don’t give a fuck about any weight class, you know?” the UFC featherweight continued. “Even if he wants to come and not make the weight, I’m going to fight him, you know? I don’t care about the weight with Paddy.”

“Really, he’s nobody,” Topuria said in Spanish (translation via MMA Fighting). “He’s shit. No, he’s nothing. The one who’s ranked is me. Since I take it personally, if the UFC wants it, I can still fight him tonight in that hotel.”