UFC star Paddy Pimblett ended up being kicked out of Vicarage Road and then rages at ‘horrible’ Watford stewards whilst watching Liverpool.
Jurgen Klopp’s side cruised to a 5-0 win in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off, but Pimblett was unable to watch much of the Premier League game after being led out of the ground.
To get him even more frustrated, the Liverpool fan was then kicked out of a pub as it was specifically dedicated to home supporters.
Roberto Firmino hit a hat-trick and Mohamed Salah scored for the eighth consecutive game – and what a goal it was, too – as Liverpool produced a masterclass on Claudio Ranieri’s Premier League return.
The Reds dominated from the outset to extend their unbeaten league run to 18 games, with Sadio Mane opening the scoring with his 100th Premier League goal.
Pimblett, 26, was at the game as a fan in the away stands and went straight to Instagram to voice his anger with the Hornets and their security teams.
He wrote: “Vicarage Road stewards on a power trip kicking us out for celebrating WOW!
“Cannot believe the audacity of these stewards singling us out when multiple ppl [sic] celebrated around us an escorted us out the stadium Watford do something about ur [sic] stewards.”
He added: “Been kicked out of the match for celebrating and now we’ve been kicked out of the boozer by stewards because it is a home boozer.
“Watford, Ben Foster, I love you mate. But I hope Watford go down, youse are horrible, horrible.”
Known also as ‘The Baddy’, he made a sensational debut appearance inside the Octagon last month against Luigi Vendramini as he knocked the Italian out inside a round.
‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley was mooted as a potential next opponent, however the Liverpudlian insists he wants to face a certified lightweight next.
Meanwhile, Paddy admitted he would love to fight Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, if given the chance.
Speaking to the BBC, the 26-year-old admitted he would probably fight one player from every Premier League club if he could.
Yet there was one man who he admitted he would particularly relish to get into the ring with.
“I’d probably pick one for each team,” Pimblett replied. “But I reckon just because he’s so overrated, Bruno Fernandes.
“No he’s not world-class – I don’t think anyone in that United team is world-class apart from [Cristiano] Ronaldo.”
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Football aside, Pimblett has enjoyed a roller coaster ride to get to the world’s premier MMA organisation, and has gone viral for most of this year, winning some new fans.
At the age of 21, he rejected the chance as he felt he was not ready and knew he had to fill out more before mixing it with the best in the world.
Yet after losing to Soren Bak in Cage Warriors in front of his home crowd in Liverpool, Pimblett told talkSPORT he feared he had missed his chance for good.
He said: “There was only one time that I did fear it wouldn’t come and that was when Soren Bak beat me and I had to get surgery on my hand again.
“That was the lowest I had ever been, I didn’t want to wake up in the morning around that time – let alone think about fighting.
“That was the only time, but apart from that, it’s not a question of if the UFC will sign me it is a question of when.
@bowzer8: What a moron, ‘sort out your stewards’ your in the home end and they are doing their job! Also got kicked out of a home only pub, it’s not the difficult to understand is it? #watfordfc
“It was always when; they want stars lad, they want people who put bums on seats and, as you know, that is me.
“I am a marketer’s wet dream and I will continue to be that.”
Twitter users reacted as UFC star Paddy Pimblett was kicked out of Vicarage Road on Saturday…
@stereid2: Was he in the home end ? No wonder he got thrown out for celebrating
@veggiekrays: Too right pal, nobody celebrates in the home end at Watford 🤣🤣
@k3vpa: The prick shouldn’t be sat with the Watford fans then should he! Simple really.
@mark19871999: Let me get this right. He was in the home end and celebrated and then he was in a Watford pub and then got kicked out? Has he ever been to a football game before?
@Danavfc1988: Conor mcgregor from wish
@JackWFC1: Just for context, he was in the home and cheering over a Liverpool goal. Any person would be kicked out. What a fucking baby
@CBabington1: He was in the home end so he can fuck off
@NeilCDenby: Big “Do you know who I am?” energy
@Izithema: Security doing their job. Whats he complaining for??
@kdim90: This Chris from family guy?
@Ade_Evans: This guy is an absolute tool. Believes his own hype. One win in the UFC and thinks he can make his own rules at football. Sooner he gets sparked and forgotten about the better.
Has been plastered all over social media for weeks, gets tickets in the home end complains of getting chucked out..ffs Paddy pic.twitter.com/dWvX02CDaS
— michael edwards (@medwards1074) October 16, 2021
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