{"id":259335,"date":"2025-11-03T18:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259335\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T18:34:11","slug":"paddy-pimblett-makes-big-prediction-for-possible-ilia-topuria-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/259335\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett makes big prediction for possible Ilia Topuria title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC star Paddy Pimblett has made a big prediction for his potential UFC lightweight title showdown against rival Ilia Topuria.<\/p>\n<p>For the longest time now, Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria have had a pretty intense feud with one another \u2013 and that much is an understatement. These two men are eager to get in the cage and settle their differences once and for all, but up to this point, the only real fight they\u2019ve had has been a fighter hotel brawl a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/paddy-pimblett\/paddy-pimblett-explains-how-beef-with-ufc-lightweight-champion-ilia-topuria-started\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paddy Pimblett explains how beef with UFC Lightweight Champion Ilia Topuria started<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this moment in time, Pimblett seems to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/paddy-pimblett\/paddy-pimblett-claims-ilia-topuria-is-stalling-over-a-potential-title-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the frontrunners<\/a> in the race to get a title shot against Topuria. Justin Gaethje may be the name that makes more sense in terms of meritocracy, but everyone knows how much value there is in a potential collision between \u2018El Matador\u2019 and \u2018The Baddy\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Pimblett once again reaffirmed his belief that he would run through Topuria if the fight ever happens.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pimblett\u2019s prediction for possible Topuria title fight<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d absolutely smash his face in for him,\u201d Pimblett told James Sweetnam in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can see me beating him anywhere the fight goes to be honest, people put him on a pedestal now they think he\u2019s this big amazing thing, when I\u2019ll bring him crashing back down to earth in a big way,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/11\/03\/paddy-pimblett-insists-he-will-bring-ilia-topuria-crashing-back-down-in-rumored-ufc-title-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bloody Elbow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get ready, folks, because if it happens, this would easily be one of the biggest fights of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>What would you expect to happen if this fight gets booked? Is it going to be a lot closer than many critics believe? Let us know your thoughts on this as well as the career of both men so far, BJPENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC star Paddy Pimblett has made a big prediction for his potential UFC lightweight title showdown against rival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-259335","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}