{"id":298124,"date":"2023-12-15T20:39:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=298124"},"modified":"2023-12-15T20:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:39:46","slug":"paddy-the-baddy-and-ferguson-trade-barbs-in-wild-two-minute-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/paddy-the-baddy-and-ferguson-trade-barbs-in-wild-two-minute-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy &apos;The Baddy&apos; and Ferguson trade barbs in WILD two-minute exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Paddy Pimblett roasts Tony Ferguson for wearing a watch &#8216;that looks like it came from a Kinder Egg&#8217; and says he &#8216;dresses like an eight-year-old&#8217;, as UFC 296 rivals clash in wild verbal exchange &#8211; also including sausages and ketchup!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Paddy Pimblett has been calm all week but exploded into life on Thursday<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He traded verbal blows with Tony Ferguson ahead of their UFC 296 clash<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Paddy &#8216;The Baddy&#8217; Pimblett MUST seize his moment in the UFC 296 limelight after seeing his career stutter &#8211; The Hook\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paddy Pimblett has cut a composed figure during UFC 296 fight week but erupted into life in a wild verbal exchange with Tony Ferguson on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In front of the MGM Arena crowd, Ferguson and Pimblett, deliberately positioned at opposite ends of the long press conference table, went toe-to-toe on the mic with some strange consequences.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Baddy&#8217; is known for his sharp put-downs and Ferguson his unique and occasionally bizarre behaviour so the combination was potent on stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In his mind, he already lost,&#8217; taunted Ferguson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Me? I&#8217;ve already lost? Whatever you sausage&#8217;, Pimblett replied before the American changed tack and said: &#8216;Your own country doesn&#8217;t even like you, dude.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990335-12867005-image-a-2_1702614664530.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990331-12867005-image-a-3_1702614664532.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Tony Ferguson (left) took aim at Paddy Pimblett (right) in a remarkable verbal exchange<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990333-12867005-image-a-4_1702614721035.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson and Pimblett faced off for the first time ahead of Saturday night&#8217;s clash\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool fighter then went after Ferguson for blocking him on Instagram in the lead-up to the fight, suggesting it showed he was mentally weak.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pimblett said: Just because every one likes you here, lad. It&#8217;ll be funny when you&#8217;re on the floor asleep on Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t care about you, you&#8217;re just another obstacle in the way. You must care because you blocked me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not so much of a little p***y to care enough to block someone on Instagram. Little sensitive boy. Don&#8217;t call me a little boy, I made you making you block me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson then out of nowhere shouted: &#8216;Make me a cup of tea, b***h.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Pimblett then found his stride, declaring: Your head has gone. You&#8217;re about 14 in the head you little nit.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;m standing over your unconscious body on Saturday night like Michael Chandler you&#8217;ll know who the f*****g boy is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson retorted: &#8216;Keep dreaming, dude. That s*** is not going to happen. Ketchup sandwich, I&#8217;m going to cut you so f*****g bad they&#8217;ll have to stitch you up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990507-12867005-image-a-22_1702614914347.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pimblett is desperate to recapture momentum after a year out injured\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990547-12867005-image-a-23_1702614956482.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I want you to&#8217;, Pimblett hit back. &#8216;Cut me open like you said you were going to do. Because I&#8217;ll be standing over you, ground and pounding your unconscious skull you f*****g little bum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I can&#8217;t believe you&#8217;ve got a suit on. Every other day you&#8217;re like an eight-year-old that&#8217;s dressed himself for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You look like a f*****g idiot. Bring the blades out then&#8230; you didn&#8217;t to your last six opponents. You didn&#8217;t do anything against them because you&#8217;re an old crab, shut your mouth.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A clearly riled Ferguson then seethed: &#8216;You have no f*****g clue, kid. You&#8217;re bringing the heat out of me on Saturday.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I hope the old Tony turns up, not this old washed up version&#8217;, Pimblett continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/15\/04\/78990519-12867005-image-a-24_1702615727066.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pimblett promised to ground and pound Ferguson&#8217;s &#8216;unconscious skull&#8217; on fight night<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I already stared you out before and you looked away, I&#8217;ve already beat you. Put the mic down with your s****y watch on. Is that a toy watch you&#8217;ve got on there. You get that watch out of a Kinder egg? Get it out of a children&#8217;s toy? You clown.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Will there be ketchup? Will there be sausages? Not in the next few hours at least, with both men cutting weight to hit the scales at 155-pounds on Friday morning in Sin City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If that goes without a hitch, this weird and wonderful match-up will have the green light for T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12867005\/Paddy-Pimblett-roasts-Tony-Ferguson-wearing-watch-looks-like-came-Kinder-Egg-says-dresses-like-eight-year-old-UFC-296-rivals-clash-wild-verbal-exchange-including-sausages-ketchup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Paddy Pimblett roasts Tony Ferguson for wearing a watch &#8216;that looks like it came from a Kinder Egg&#8217; and says he &#8216;dresses like an eight-year-old&#8217;, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/paddy-the-baddy-and-ferguson-trade-barbs-in-wild-two-minute-exchange\/\" title=\"Paddy &amp;apos;The Baddy&amp;apos; 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