An internet troll has backed out of meeting Paddy Pimblett at his gym after making a tearing threat to the UFC star on social media.

Pimblett will return to the octagon this weekend when he takes on Jordan Leavitt at UFC London on Saturday. The Liverpudlian is known for showing his personality on social media, merely one user took exception to his brash persona and began mocking him.

The troll then made a threat of violence to the Liverpudlian which saw many other fans leap to Pimblett's defence. The UFC star then offered his address for the pair to fight in response, tweeting: "Come downwards the gym then mate? 78 Kempston Street, Next Generation yous're more than welcome to attempt information technology." The troll initially agreed to travel to Pimblett's gym where he has been training for his tertiary professional outing.

However it appears the potential fight meeting will no longer take place, with the troll tweeting: "Paddy I am not going to travel down to meet y'all today. Idea about it all of terminal night and information technology would exist totally irresponsible of me as a parent to travel down to meet yous. We accept evidently made it public what fourth dimension we would meet up and I wouldn't put it past a nut chore to have a crack at me or worse on the way downward to run across you.

"I apologise if you have changed whatsoever schedule or made arrangements for me to come up down. Fully expect a mouth full of abuse from y'all after sending this and that is fine." Pimblett so issued a final response, adding: "We all knew you wouldn't turn up anyhow mate. Very irresponsible parent talking s*** on the internet only to make yourself expect like a fool."

Pimblett'southward initial plan was liked by every bit many equally up to 300 fans on social media, with many enjoying his response to the troll's attempt at confronting a rising UFC star. The 27-year-old is bailiwick to abiding abuse on his social media platforms and frequently responds to trolls including those who have criticised his hometown football club Liverpool.

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Fans have oftentimes accused Pimblett of wasting his time addressing the attending of trolls, equally opposed to focusing on his MMA career. However Pimblett has fired back at those critics explaining how he uses social media to pass his spare fourth dimension. "I tin't help it, it's only i of those things," Pimblett explained. "People say 'oh you shouldn't give them your fourth dimension' but I'll use to Twitter to pass time.

"Y'all think I only sit down there in my room thinking about Hashemite kingdom of jordan Leavitt? I don't know need to, I'k going to punch his head in anyway. "It's crazy the corporeality of abuse I go on Twitter, information technology used to be Instagram just that'southward boiled down a bit. I love putting trolls in their places."

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