Paddy Pimblett got into a heated verbal altercation with Colby Covington during a backstage interview at UFC 314. In the post-fight press conference, Pimblett commented on the incident.
“He only does something when there’s a camera about. I’ve seen him at Power Slap the other week and walked past him, staring at him, and he looked at the floor like that. Now, he knows there’s a camera about. He walked past, so I just said, ‘Lad, I’ll come and slap you, but you’ll go and ring the police on me like you did with Masvidal, you little grass [snitch].”
Pimblett said Covington is on a three-fight losing streak, and he is irrelevant.
“He pays supermodels to stand with him, the f–king bum. He’s a nobody. He’s on a three-fight losing streak or something; he’s irrelevant. He’s trying to use me now to stay relevant because he’s a nobody; he’s a bum. I’d beat Colby Covington for a laugh, but I’ve got bigger fish to fry than that little mushroom.”