Jordan Leavitt is the next person to fight Paddy Pimblett in the UFC and he's looking to end the hype train. He'll be heading over into enemy territory as the fight takes place in England.

The fight almost didn't happen as Jordan Leavitt wasn't looking to travel over to England. The UFC eventually convinced him when they told him the opponent was Paddy Pimblett.

“I actually initially was saying no,” Leavitt said with a laugh on Wednesday’s episode of The MMA Hour, “because they were like, ‘Do you want to fight in July in England?’ I’m like, ‘No.’ And then like an hour later, they’re like, ‘Are you sure?’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I hate the travel, and I fought like four weeks ago, I’m fine.’ [They said,] ‘But it’s Paddy Pimblett.’ And I’m like, ‘OK, I think I can travel. I think I can get that done.’

“Then I thought about it a little bit more, I’m like, he’s been kind of picking easy fights — or at least his team has, or the UFC has for him — and I’m like, ‘Oh, I think they think I’m the easy fight.’ So it kind of offended me, but it’s all good. I think I have a few tricks up my sleeve. I’m pretty excited for this matchup.”

Jordan Leavitt comes into the fight with a chip on his shoulder as he believes the UFC is hoping he'll lose. Paddy Pimblett is being well-promoted and given an opportunity to perform in front of his home country.

“One-hundred percent,” Leavitt said of the UFC promoting Paddy Pimblett. “If I was trying to push Paddy Pimblett, who I think is talented and I like him, fan of him — you know, sorry, I’m going to beat you — but if I watched this kid get chinned by two guys who were not the best, almost lose, and then kind of take victory from the jaws of defeat, I would want him to fight a guy who doesn’t like to power punch. And if you watch my fights, it just seems like I don’t like to punch very hard to the head, and it would give Paddy a lot of chances to make up for a lot of technical weaknesses. But I think I’m not too worried about it.

“I think I’ve fought better strikers and I’ve fought better grapplers. I just haven’t fought Paddy Pimblett and he hasn’t fought me. And yeah, I think this is going to be a little bit of egg on people’s faces when the fight comes — I think I’m going to handily beat him.

“If you take away all the flash and social media, which I don’t really take a part of, I don’t think there’s too much to worry about,” Leavitt added. “I feel like if I just focus on the fight and I don’t let the crowd get to me, I think I have no worries. I’m very excited. No concerns whatsoever. I think he has to get lucky.”