Unbeaten featherweight kingpin, Ilia Topuria has issued a stark warning to surging rival, Paddy Pimblett — claiming he will run through the Liverpool grappler, who offered him a chance to make his lightweight debut against him next.
Topuria, the current undisputed featherweight titleholder, has long been linked with a move to 155lbs — namely in a title super fight against pound-for-pound number one, Islam Makhachev as soon as later this summer.
However, earlier this evening, long-time rival, Pimblett — who was constantly linked with a grudge fight against Topuria prior to the latter’s title ascension at featherweight, offered him a route to the lightweight limit in his next Octagon walk.