{"id":637886,"date":"2025-10-18T06:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=637886"},"modified":"2025-10-18T06:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T05:24:55","slug":"paddy-pimblett-vs-ilia-topuria-baddy-hints-at-mega-grudge-match-as-rumors-of-first-paramount-card-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/paddy-pimblett-vs-ilia-topuria-baddy-hints-at-mega-grudge-match-as-rumors-of-first-paramount-card-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy Pimblett vs Ilia Topuria? \u2018Baddy\u2019 Hints At Mega-Grudge Match As Rumors Of First Paramount Card Emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some UFC rivalries simmer quietly in the background until the perfect moment arrives. Others burn hot and loud from the very start, demanding attention from everyone involved. The bad blood between Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria falls squarely into that second category. These two have been going at each other for years now.<\/p>

Their feud exploded into public view during a heated confrontation at a UFC<\/a> London fighter hotel back in 2022. Since then, every social media exchange and face-to-face encounter has added more fuel to this fire. The two lightweights even had an intense faceoff inside the cage at UFC 317 earlier this year. Now, with the UFC preparing to launch its massive Paramount broadcasting partnership, this grudge match might finally happen.<\/p>

Paddy Pimblett Drops Cryptic Social Media Hint<\/h2>

Paddy Pimblett recently posted a cryptic message on Instagram that sent the MMA world into speculation overdrive. The Liverpool native wrote a caption asking why ‘hand sanitizer boy’ hasn’t signed the contract yet. For those not familiar with Pimblett’s trash talk, hand sanitizer boy is his dismissive nickname for Ilia Topuria. The implication was crystal clear: Paddy believes he’s signed his side of a contract for their long-awaited showdown.<\/p>

“‘Paddy why hasn’t [hand sanitizer boy] signed the contract yet?’”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

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