Bobby Green claims Paddy Pimblett should have never mentioned his name.
Green earned a unanimous decision victory over Jim Miller on Saturday at UFC 300 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Pimblett was then called up to a rumored UFC card in Manchester, England in June.
“Paddy, do you ever do that? You slimy sweet snake,” Green said in the post-match interview. “How dare you say my name? I’ll come after you. July, I’ll come to your backyard, your people, and kick your ass.”
Green later explained that he was simply returning the favor to Pimblett by slamming the Liverpudlian.
“Because he called me,” Green said during the postgame media scrum. “He shouldn’t have said my name. He should have kept it a secret from the others. This guy here will find you. And then line it up and take aim. You will end up paying a lot of money when you do.”
Pimblett and Green appear to have been on a collision course for some time. Pimblett scored a controversial unanimous decision victory over Jared Gordon at UFC 282 in December 2022, but many observers thought it should have gone the other way. Gordon next faced Green in April 2023, but the match ended in a no contest due to an accidental clash of heads. However, Green received praise for his performance against Gordon. Pimblett took issue with fans praising Green after fans criticized “The Buddy” for Green’s performance against Gordon. Pimblett won a landslide decision over Tony Ferguson at UFC 296, and his next choice was Green or Grant Dawson.
Green claims he hasn’t watched much of the former Cage Warriors champion’s matches. What most interested Green was Pimblett’s victory dance, which he didn’t find funny.
“To be honest, I don’t really see Paddy like that. I’m going to keep it true,” Green said. “Maybe I saw Jared’s game because he happened to be sitting at the TV stand. But I don’t watch his games, so I don’t know much about him. I just saw you doing it. [mimics Pimblett’s victory
dance]. Who would do that? Who would do that? I don’t know, that’s not cool to me, but other than that, I don’t pay attention to the guy. ”
