Paddy Pimblett And Ilia Topuria Involved In Physical Altercation | Social Media Roundup
UFC London will take place this upcoming Saturday and two fighters who are competing on the card have been involved in a physical altercation — this and much more on Tuesday’s social media roundup.
Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria involved in a physical altercation
The UFC returns to London this upcoming Saturday with a very exciting fight card.
Two fighters who are competing on the card this weekend are Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett and featherweight prospect Ilia Topuria. Pimblett and Topuria have a history with each other which stems back a few months to when Pimblett mocked the Russian invasion of Georgia, the country where Topuria is from.
Topuria, of course was not happy with Pimblett’s comments and that is where the feud between the two started.
Earlier today, the two crossed paths and you can see below to see what happened.
Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria got into an altercation at the host hotel in London —
The two have gone back and forth on social. (via @Topuriailia h/t @arielhelwani) pic.twitter.com/rA0YYoJsA5
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 15, 2022
As you can see in the video, Topuria is with several of his teammates and Pimblett is completely by himself which is not a good look for the Georgian.
The Liverpudlian and the Georgian also exchanged words on Twitter after the altercation.
The confrontation continued on Twitter —
(via @Topuriailia @theufcbaddy) pic.twitter.com/fPT0hiBwWH
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 15, 2022
With this confrontation taking place, does this plant the seed for a potential fight between the two in the near future?
Tyson Fury wishes Tom Aspinall luck against Alexander Volkov
Tom Aspinall will headline his first UFC event this weekend and ahead of the fight, he has been sent a message from boxing heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
See the video below to see what Fury said.
.@Tyson_Fury —- Tom Aspinall#UFCLondon Saturday BT Sport 1 HD pic.twitter.com/w28CyKc7ep
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 15, 2022
Manny people in the MMA world write letters of recommendation for Cain Velasquez
Following Cain Velasquez’s arrest several weeks ago, many MMA fighters and people involved in the MMA world have shown their support for Velasquez.
MMA figures such as Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Daniel Cormier and Henry Cejudo are just some of the names who have wrote letters of recommendation for Velasquez.
34 letters of recommendation written #FreeCain pic.twitter.com/azFTiYOp12
— Fight Scout (@FightScoutApp) March 15, 2022
On this day in 2014…
On this day in 2014 Johnny Hendricks defeated Robbie Lawler to win the UFC welterweight title.
This was Hendrick’s first fight after his highly controversial loss to Georges St-Pierre.
Mar15.2014
One fight after suffering a controversial loss to Georges St-Pierre,
Johny Hendricks defeats Robbie Lawler to become the UFC Welterweight Champion pic.twitter.com/X2qmnxVx7K
— MMA History Today (@MMAHistoryToday) March 15, 2022
Gervonta Davis to defend his WBA ‘regular’ lightweight title in May
Gervonta Davis’ next fight is now official.
Davis will defend his WBA ‘regular’ lightweight title against Rolly Romero in May at the Barclays Center.
— ANNOUNCED: Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA ‘regular’ lightweight belt vs Rolly Romero on May 28th at the Barclays Center in New York.
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) March 15, 2022
Nathaniel Wood in insane shape ahead of UFC London
English bantamweight Nathaniel Wood is looking shredded ahead of his fight this weekend at UFC London.
Wood will face off against Vince Morales in the second fight of the evening.
Damn
Looks like Nathaniel Wood is ready to for this weekend#UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/luKJLuLgqa— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin) March 15, 2022
Location of Fedor Emelianenko’s retirement fight changed
Due to obvious reasons, Fedor Emelianenko’s originally scheduled retirement fight in Moscow, Russia has been moved to a different location.
Bellator has called an audible for Fedor’s retirement fight.
Full story: https://t.co/mvpICMTwFI pic.twitter.com/RamgAuUP80
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 15, 2022
Magomed Ankalaev reveals he intentionally went the full five rounds against Thiago Santos
This past weekend at UFC Fight Night 203, Magomed Ankalaev defeated Thiago Santos via unanimous decision.
Following the result of the fight, Ankalaev has said that he intended to go five rounds with Santos to see if he is ready for a title shot yet.
Magomed Ankalaev says he intentionally dragged his fight with Thiago Santos to the scorecards.
Full story: https://t.co/7xbbWFXD4A pic.twitter.com/dr0SQQE0kh
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 15, 2022
Kevin Holland takes down a gunman in Houston
Last night, UFC fighter Kevin Holland and his friend helped take down a gunman at a restaurant in Houston.
See below the video of Holland after the incident.
This was Kevin Holland’s reaction shortly after he and a friend took down a gunman Monday night at a restaurant in Houston.
Full story: https://t.co/OynF23aZqi
(– @Trailblaze2top / @ko_reps) pic.twitter.com/YxN2WdtPXI
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 15, 2022
Khalil Rountree celebrates getting praises by Conor McGregor
Check out this video of Khalil Rountree celebrating getting some praise from Conor McGregor after his win this past weekend.
Khalil Rountree celebrating Conor McGregor’s shout out
pic.twitter.com/Gs1AlySZ9a— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin) March 15, 2022
