According to Pimblett, Jon Jones clearly deserves the title instead of Khabib, who he claims has beaten only three ‘decent’ opponents in his UFC career.
Paddy Pimblett has now provided further clarification on his comments in a recent interview with MiddleEasy’s James Lynch.
While Pimblett accepts Khabib Nurmagomedov as the best ever at 155 pounds, he doesn’t consider ‘The Eagle’ to be in general GOAT contention. Asked about his recent comments on the former UFC lightweight king, Paddy Pimblett told James Lynch:
Catch Paddy Pimblett’s full interview with MiddleEasy below:
Paddy Pimblett names the fighter who beats Khabib Nurmagomedov in his GOAT list
According to Paddy Pimblett, the MMA GOAT list consists of Jon Jones, Georges St-Pierre, Demetrious Johnson, Anderson Silva and Fedor Emelianenko, in that order.
‘Paddy the Baddy’ also revealed that he received some backlash from Khabib fans after naming Emelianenko on the list instead of the Dagestani superstar.
According to Paddy Pimblett, Fedor Emelianenko is not respected enough for beating up some of the best fighters in their prime. Regarding ‘The Last Emperor’ being undermined by new MMA fans, Pimblett told James Lynch:
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