Paddy Pimblett Reacts to Backstage Confrontation with Colby Covington at UFC 314

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

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It got heated backstage between Colby Covington and Paddy Pimblett at #UFC314 pic.twitter.com/4ag6DQ1uEK

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Paddy Pimblett Reacts to Backstage Confrontation with Colby Covington at UFC 314

After earning the biggest win of his career to date, Paddy Pimblett found himself in a confrontation with an outspoken critic from another weight class.

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After earning the biggest win of his career to date, Paddy Pimblett found himself in a confrontation with an outspoken critic from another weight class.


As Pimblett was conducting an interview backstage at the Kaseya Center in Miami, he was approached by UFC welterweight Colby Covington, who blasted the Englishman’s level of competition in the Octagon.

“You’re fighting scrubs,” Covington said in a video captured by ESPN. “Guys who are 2-6. You’re a bum. You beat guys who are 2-6, remember that. Remember that, you’re a scrub. ... You’re a fraud.”

Pimblett secured his seventh straight triumph on Saturday night, defeating Michael Chandler via third-round technical knockout in the UFC 314 co-main event. After the victory, “The Baddy” targeted matchups against the likes of Charles Oliveira, Justin Gaethje and Arman Tsarukyan — all fighters near the top of the lightweight division. He appeared to be most interested in a showdown with Oliveira, a former 155-pound champ and the promotion’s all-time submission leader.

Exactly where Covington fits in that picture is unclear. The former welterweight title challenger has lost three of his last four Octagon appearances and is coming off a third-round doctor stoppage loss to Joaquin Buckley at UFC on ESPN 63 this past December.

During the ESPN post-fight show, Pimblett indicated that Covington’s tirade was all for show.

“Oh yeah, this little maggot,” Pimblett said. “He only does something when there’s a camera about. I’ve seen him at Power Slap the other week and walked past him staring at him and he looked at the floor like that. Now, he knows there’s a camera about. He walked past, so I just said, ‘Lad, I’ll come and slap you, but you’ll go and ring the police on me like you did with [Jorge] Masvidal, you little grass [snitch].

While it’s possible that Covington could be angling for a fight against Pimblett, the former Cage Warriors title holder is more concerned about climbing the ladder in the UFC’s lightweight division.

“He can eat s—t. He pays supermodels to stand with him, the f—ing bum. He’s a nobody,” Pimblett said. “He’s on a three-fight losing streak or something, he’s irrelevant. He’s trying to use me now to stay relevant because he’s a nobody, he’s a bum. I’d beat Colby Covington for a laugh, but I’ve got bigger fish to fry than that little mushroom.”

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[Söze Aldo]

Remember when people used to claim Colby was actually a 'good guy' just playing a character, despite everyone who ever knew him saying he was a real asshole?

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Colby desperate to remain relevant.

He's on the downslope with no brakes, while Paddy is becoming the next star.

 

[Arqueto]

Colby is a sausage lad

 

[Siver!]

Colby starting beef with someone in a lower weight class.

Is normal.

 

[nonoob]

Colby is a sausage lad

Arq, didn't ya mean sausage head ?

 

[Buff]

Colby needs to lay off the packet for a while...

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Last Falconry]

He's right about everything except the supermodel part. Have to be a pretty low bar to consider mid tier instagram thots as "supermodels". But in colby's case i guess he just gets what he can afford

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

‘Lad, I’ll come and slap you, but you’ll go and ring the police on me like you did with [Jorge] Masvidal, you little grass [snitch].

Cold

 

[Söze Aldo]

He's right about everything except the supermodel part. Have to be a pretty low bar to consider mid tier instagram thots as "supermodels". But in colby's case i guess he just gets what he can afford

Colby pays for nothing but Tallahassee 10s

 

[VinceArch]

Just fuck off already, Colby...

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Remember when people used to claim Colby was actually a 'good guy' just playing a character, despite everyone who ever knew him saying he was a real asshole?

After he beat Masvidal a looot of people were actually still buying into that fraudulent POS

I’m so happy Mas jumped him and put him on the shelf for a year or however long it was and killed all of that bullshit momentum he had

He was so close to getting that Poirier fight that people were somehow buying into… I remember having arguments with people on here saying Poirier walks around at the same weight so it counts as a legit WW fight for Colby

And the scumbag is still trying to fight LW’s lmao the difference is now all of his retarded fans will pretend like they never liked him or bought into his phony resume

 

[don't ask]

‘Lad, I’ll come and slap you, but you’ll go and ring the police on me like you did with [Jorge] Masvidal, you little grass [snitch].​

I used to bounce at a high end nightclub that had tourists show up now and then.

The Brits would get obscenely drunk and shout bizarre slang at you in their posh accents when you tried to settle them down. Then they'd stare at you expectantly, like you just endured the most devastating thing a human can hear and now it was your duty to explode in a mindless, frothing rage. I'd just stare at them blankly and be like, "I have no idea what you just said, you may as well have been shouting Harry Potter spells. Keep moving towards the door, please."

Anyways, Colby should have been starting shit with Bryce. That's the only beef that people want to see either of them in, otherwise they can fuck off.

 

[colorles]

Anyone else find in cringe when white fighters put their hair in cornrows for a fight? A Suebian knot would be much more fitting for a white man

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Colby is so entertaining and funny.

Love the dude.

Love Paddy, too.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Colby needs to lay off the packet for a while...

Colby has never in his life touched any hard drug.

He's actually one of the decent men out there that is hard working, sober, and treats people with respect. (Outside of his UFC personality he uses for entertainment)

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Colby pays for nothing but Tallahassee 10s

Can't even hide their revulsion despite being paid

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

Colby starting beef with someone in a lower weight class.

Is normal.

Paddy walks around heavier than Colby.

"is normal."

 

[Buff]

Colby has never in his life touched any hard drug.

He's actually one of the decent men out there that is hard working, sober, and treats people with respect. (Outside of his UFC personality he uses for entertainment)

Looked yinged up to me...