Fans of Paddy Pimblett may have noticed the UFC star has been unusually quiet on social media recently.
The box office Liverpool fan is never one to go quiet in the buildup to a big fight, as with this weekend's Las Vegas co-main event bout against Jared Gordon, but he has been notable in his absence on Twitter through no fault of his own.
That's because he's seemingly been banned from the social media platform for hitting back at critics and online trolls in the past. Pimblett has had two accounts disabled on Instagram in the past, and has now been silenced on Twitter.
“I can’t say nothing back anymore,” Pimblett said during an appearance on Pub Talk. “I can’t say nothing back anymore. I’ve had two accounts disabled on Instagram for ‘bullying and harassment’ when it’s me who gets bullied and harassed. I just give it back…
“I’ve had two accounts, one with 187,000 followers got disabled. And my second account, it had nearly 900,000 followers and got disabled. I just can’t say nothing back. I have to be smarter with it.
“I’m also banned on Twitter. Just calling people stupid, fat idiots and stuff. You know what I mean? They give me grief and I’ve said something back. Because I’m in the public eye, people report my stuff and my account gets shut down.
“When I open Twitter (it says) ‘your account is permanently suspended.’ It just comes up stating that, so I can’t like or comment to no one.”
Nevertheless, Pimblett managed to grab headlines during his pre-fight press conference on Thursday, when he almost came to blows with rival Ilia Topuria as tensions boiled over. The pair exchanged some choice words in front of the media before having to be kept apart by security in another drama-filled conference from the Liverpool fighter.
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