‘Bite his finger’ – Paddy Pimblett fires Mike Tyson style warning to Michael Chandler over UFC cheating claims
Paddy Pimblett has threatened to bite off Michael Chandler's finger if he bends the rules during their fight.
Chandler has been accused of cheating multiple times during his UFC tenure.
Dustin Poirier lambasted the American for fish hooking him and grabbing his glove during their Fight of the Night winner in November 2022.
Meanwhile, he also came under fire for landing several blows on the back of Charles Oliveira's head during their rematch five months ago.
Pimblett is set to square off against Chandler in the UFC 314 co-main event on April 13, and he has a Mike Tyson-style deterrent in mind should 'Iron' try any illegal moves.
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"That's on the ref. Yeah. It's not really. He's just throwing hammer fists at the back of Charles Oliveira's head.
"Charles either needs to move his head, or the ref needs to say something to him.
"Like, I did watch that fight the other day though. He does hammer-fist him about 12 times on the back of the head…just like that (mimics hammer-fist motion).
"And he knows what he's doing. But it's one of them. Like the ref. Like there.
"If I was in that position, I'm Charles. I'm saying, “Ref!”…you know what I mean?
"What are you doing here? Like that was some bad refereeing right there.
"But obviously I've seen the Poirier one as well. Then Poirier said he tried to fishhook him to get the choke and stuff like that.
"I'll do the same thing as Poirier. If that happens, I'll bite his finger and try and cut it off with my teeth.
"Like, it's one of them. But I always say, if you're not cheating, you're not trying!"
Tyson is notorious for biting part of Evander Holyfield's right ear off during their 1997 rematch.
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