After his win over Rodrigo Vargas at UFC London on Sunday, Paddy Pimblett said he wants to fight Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
When asked who he’d like to take on next, Pimblett responded “Who do I want to fight? Mark Zuckerberg”.
“Lad I’m going to punch your head in. I’m sick of you lad, you know what I mean,” Pimblett continued. “I’m sick of you shutting my Instagram accounts down when alls I do is help charities and help people with mental health problems. You’re the biggest bully in the world lad”.
In a press conference before the fight, Pimblett said “The hypocritical nature of Instagram and Facebook is just disgusting, and what they get away with”.
“It kills me. Mark Zuckerberg’s a lizard. I like helping people and my social media gives me a chance to help people. I’m not one of them where it’s just all about me. I feel the need to help people, especially because of the platform I’ve got and my social media does that,” he explained.
According to Marca, Pimblett was helping a young child currently suffering from cancer on his social media. There were “bullies who made some horrible comments about the kid. That’s where Paddy drew the line and responded with some off-putting words”.
Because of his comments, both Facebook and Instagram banned Pimblett’s accounts.
“I’ve got to be a lot smarter on my social media, because as you know, I’ve had two accounts took off me now, and the second account had 1,20,000 followers,” he said. “I’ve lost out on so much money and sponsorships over the past two weeks, three weeks”.
Pimblett also invited the child and his father to the weigh-ins and to the fight, which he said the child enjoyed.