Paddy Pimblett isn’t afraid to make a few enemies on his way to the top.

The UFC lightweight contender’s latest comments targeting champion Ilia Topuria are likely to raise a few eyebrows in Topuria’s home country of Spain, which Pimblett is happy to fight in if it means he gets his shot at gold and a chance to settle their longstanding rivalry.

Pimblett told eldoberdanMMA he’s eager to head into enemy territory and took a shot at the world-famous Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the Spanish capital of Madrid.

“I want to fight Ilia, whenever, wherever,” Pimblett said. “I’d love to come to Bernabéu and punch your face in. Do it in Spain in front of your fake countrymen because you’re really German. I’d love to come and punch your face in in front of 90,000 people in the Bernabéu in enemy territory for me because the Bernabéu is a shithole.”

Pimblett, a staunch supporter of the Liverpool soccer club, likely doesn’t care if his jab ruffles the feather of Topuria or the legion of Real Madrid fans that regularly pack Bernabéu year after year. He’s feuded with Topuria for years and after the two faced off following Topuria’s lightweight title win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 317 in June, they appear poised for a future fight. However, UFC CEO Dana White is yet to commit to booking Topuria’s next championship defense.

When the time comes, Pimblett doubts their fight goes the distance.

“I can see so many ways that I finish him,” Pimblett said. “Everyone thinks that on the feet it would be a one-sided fight. I can see myself knocking him out. Kicks and knees and elbows. I’m not going to do what Charles did and come out and have a boxing match with him, because I know he’s a very good boxer. I respect his hands, I respect him as a fighter, he’s very good. But once I get on top of him, he wouldn’t get back up, he wouldn’t be able to. I’d elbow him that many times that he looks like The Elephant Man.”

“That’s the thing, when I fight him, he’s never fought with emotion before,” Pimblett added. “He goes into every fight calm and calculated. With me, I’m already in his head. He’s not going to fight me like he fights everyone else. He’s going to try and take my head off and he’s going to get his head took off in the process.”

Pimblett is open to taking on another contender first and his name has been tied to bouts with Justin Gaethje and Arman Tsarukyan, though there has been little movement on bouts becoming official for any of them as of late.

That’s one reason why Pimblett believes it only makes sense for him to continue to call for the Topuria fight.

“I just want to fight anyone ranked above me, really,” Pimblett said. “If it’s not Ilia, I want a No. 1 contender fight, but I obviously want Ilia. He’s got the belt. He’s who I want to fight. I want to fight for a world title. I want to be the UFC world champion, so saying I want anyone other than Ilia is just stupid. Before he won the belt, I thought I would have to have one more and I thought it would be a No. 1 contender fight with Justin, but then he said he didn’t want to fight me. So I just want to fight Ilia.”