The Final Fighter doesn’t have a variety of juice left in it, however Paddy Pimblett believes it’s nonetheless value a squeeze.
“The Baddy” has fought twice in 2026, dropping a hard-fought resolution to Justin Gaethje for the interim light-weight title after which bouncing again with a n of Benoit Saint Denis at UFC 329. The Gaethje loss has . Pimblett made it to the ultimate bell, which is greater than l Ilia Topuria can say. After the slick BSD win, Pimblett and Topuria are instantly in the identical orbit, and a combat between the 2 can be big.
So big, in Pimblett’s opinion, that it’d be value a whole season of r with the 2 as coaches.
“I’ve no combat booked on the minute, however I might like to combat Ilia Topuria,” Pimblett instructed Kolos MMA just lately. “I’ll beat him that unhealthy that I’d ship him again all the way down to featherweight. I believe me and Ilia Topuria can be a superb season of The Final Fighter as a result of I’d get underneath his pores and skin a lot, that once we come into the combat, I’d beat him simply as quick as McGregor beat Aldo.”
“The Final Fighter can be a really entertaining six weeks to say the least if it was me and him.”
In an ideal world, the UFC would simply e book Pimblett and Topuria for a December combat. The bout is sufficiently big already, and a Paddy vs. Ilia TUF season can be extra for The Final Fighter’s sake than the combat itself. r may get individuals to tune into TUF. It’s sucked dry. Out of date. Let it die.
If the UFC does resolve to do a Paddy vs. Ilia TUF season (and by no means doubt that UFC CEO Dana White will at all times t for the format that turned issues round for the promotion), it may very well be an extended, very long time earlier than we lastly see the coaches combat. The present, as Pimblett talked about, takes six weeks to movie. Then it takes 4 to 5 months for the present to be put collectively. Then the present runs weekly for 3 months. That’s over 10 months to attend.
So if you wish to see Ilia Topuria vs. Paddy Pimblett any time quickly, pray to the MMA Gods that they don’t do a season of The Final Fighter collectively.
