Bobby Green Promises to Punish Paddy Pimblett Over Custom Shorts Slight

Green (32-15) faces Pimblett (21-3) at UFC 304 this weekend in the latter’s home turf of Manchester, England. The two have long been engaged in a feud, which Pimblett claims started with Green secretly recording him while they were in attendance at UFC San Diego in August 2022.

While Green admits that he likely started the beef, he had his reasons. “King” believes he and Pimblett have had a contrasting career trajectory where he had to fight for his dues while “The Baddy” had things handed to him on a silver platter. According to Green, Pimblett doesn’t realize how privileged he is and acts spoiled. Green claims Pimblett caught his attention when he started talking brash, as he let his initial success get to his head.

“I’ve earned my spot. I’ve been here for so long. I think I’m here 12 years now fighting… I call him the spoiled kid,” Green said at UFC 304 media day. “Certain kids that don’t know that you got the whole house. Everything’s been built around you, and I think it goes back for me, to where I come from, because I didn’t have a mom and dad. I seen those kids act like that in school, I’m like, ‘Man they don’t even know how they treat their mom and their dad. They act spoiled and he acts the same way. He doesn’t realize the UFC is working with him, giving him every opportunity. They’re building you. I had to earn it. They had to put me through the fire, I’ve been forged by fire. You, they built you, and there’s a difference between us two.”

“It's the spoiled kids vs. the real kids, the cool ones. He don’t know that he’s getting the door open; he gets to walk through. And all he has to do is shut up, smile and he’s the whole oyster. But somewhere in there, he started getting brash. I feel like once you start winning, you can get drunk off of it.”

One of most popular fighters on the UFC roster, Pimblett will be sporting custom orange shorts for his upcoming UFC 304 bout. However, Green’s demand for custom shorts was rejected going into his 26th UFC fight, after more than a decade in the promotion. Green noted that he has stepped up for the company on short notice more than once, including fighting Islam Makhachev in a two-week turnaround in 2022. “King” vows to punish Pimblett more for what he sees as discrimination by the UFC.

“That’s why I’m kicking his ass a little bit more. That’s what I’m talking about, the spoiled kids. I’ve worked so hard for this company, I’ve taken so many fights on short notice, broken hand, this and that. Threw the company on my back a thousand times. Fought a guy, had to comeback fight Islam [Makhachev] 10 days later. I’ve done the most for this fuc*ing company to get my shorts. But this guy just gets to walk in and get them. It’s like wow, OK. That’s what I’m talking about. That spoiled sh*t. All he had to say was, ‘Hey I want my shorts.’ They give him shorts. So now I’m gonna kick his ass for that reason.”

Reference: https://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Bobby-Green-Promises-to-Punish-Paddy-Pimblett-Over-Custom-Shorts-Slight-194441