Till loses out as Brunson targets title shot Derek Brunson celebrates his victory He made that leap on Saturday at the UFC Apex. Pimblett, 26, was constantly linked with the UFC throughout his time with British MMA promotion Cage Warriors, where he became a featherweight champion.īut, despite twice being offered contracts to join the UFC, Pimblett turned down the chance on both occasions, opting instead to stay on the UK scene until he felt he was ready to make the jump to the world stage. ![]() "Get your boy in the main event, or the co-main, and I'll blow the roof off the gaff." "Dana, Shelby, let's get England back on, lad! Let's get back to the UK. "People are going to be calling me out now. I'm the new main man on the UFC roster," he declared. ![]() He then announced his arrival as a new force in the UFC's lightweight division, before calling on UFC president Dana White and matchmaker Sean Shelby to bring the UFC back to England. "''Me and you will be having this conversation after a first-round finish.' And what happened?"Īfter Bisping mentioned that Pimblett was caught early in the fight, the victorious Englishman shrugged it off, as he grinned: "I'm a Scouser. "What did I tell you, Mike?" he told English UFC Hall of Famer and former middleweight champion Michael Bisping who interviewed him in the ring after his victory at UFC Fight Night 191 in Las Vegas. A right hand from Pimblett stunned the Brazilian, and "The Baddy" followed up with a breathless salvo of strikes that eventually dropped Vendramini and forced referee Mark Smith to step in and wave off the bout at the 4:25 mark.
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