Paddy Pimblett definitely got a kick out of seeing Dan Hooker lose to Benoit Saint Denis.
The lightweight matchup served as the co-main event UFC 325 in Sydney, and Saint Denis won in impressive fashion, grounding Hooker in the second round and eventually scoring a knockout after pressuring Hooker with submission attempts and ground-and-pound.
Suffice to say, Pimblett liked what he saw Saturday.
“Nice to see Dan get TKO’d after the shit he was chatting,” Pimblett said in a video on his YouTube channel. “He probably enjoyed me losing last week. That was probably a generational hate watch for him. I never got finished, though.”
Pimblett is coming off of a loss to his own after dropping a unanimous decision to Justin Gaethje in this past Saturday’s UFC 324 headliner. Gaethje out-struck Pimblett for five rounds to secure the victory with an interim lightweight title on the line.
Up next for Gaethje is presumably a unification bout with undisputed champion Ilia Topuria, while Pimblett can take some time to weigh his options after suffering his first UFC loss. He sounds more interested in a matchup with Saint Denis than settling his grudge with Hooker inside the octagon.
“I really like Benoit Saint Denis,” Pimblett said. “I think he’s a proper nice fella and I like his fighting style. He comes to bang, proper like Saint Denis. I hope he does well, but obviously if he’s next for me he’s getting finished.”
Saint Denis called for several potential opponents after his win, targeting top-of-the-division names like Gaethje, Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira, and Arman Tsarukyan. Pimblett was not mentioned.
As for Pimblett’s beef with Hooker, he offered a brief parting shot:
“Hooker, unlucky, mate.”
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