The UFC could be open to the idea of setting up a potential rivalry bout in the future.
Muhammad Mokaev was a guest on the MMA Hour and he talked about not only his issues with Paddy Pimblett. But that he was also open to the idea of fighting them at 145lbs.
Mokaev was not a fan of Pimblett mooning the media after he weighed-in.
“This guy pulls his pants down,” Mokaev said. “A man doesn’t do this. Women don’t do this stuff. Pulls his pants down, get fat, drink beer, like animal. Men in Liverpool, I know real Scouse people, they don’t do stuff like this. This guy is just too much. I’m not a hater, I just want to see a newer generation follow real men. If you talk about UK guys, there’s Tom Aspinall. There’s Arnold Allen. Leon Edwards. Men of the world, of what they’re doing, they will back you up. Not this guy, walk behind security when he sees a camera then he’s like a real guy, but when there’s no camera he’s hiding. I see this. I know this energy. I’m not some kid like, ‘Everybody push me to the cage, go fight please.’ I grew up crazy too.”
Mokaev also would like to fight either Jeff Molina, Tim Elliott, or Brandon Royval next in Abu Dhabi for UFC 280 on October 22nd.
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