Paddy Pimblett names the two fighters he will refuse to fight in UFC

Paddy Pimblett has explained why he will refuse to fight two UFC fighters in his entire career no matter how much money he is offered.

Pimblett has welcomed all comers in his fighting career, where he has lost four times in 28 fights in in the sport of MMA.

He suffered his first defeat in UFC at the hands of Justin Gaethje, before he bounced back with a dominant win over Benoit Saint Denis back in July.

'The Baddy' has spoken about his interest in squaring off rival Ilia Topuria inside the Octagon.

Paddy Pimblett tells Joe Rogan he will not face his UFC teammates

But in a new, wide-ranging conversation on the Joe Rogan Experience, Pimblett revealed that his Next Generation gym has banned teammates from facing one another and he has no interest in ever fighting George Staines or Luke Riley - who are both making waves in UFC.

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"No one in our gym would ever fight someone else in the gym," Pimblett told Rogan.

"The perfect scenario for me would be ending winning the lightweight belt, defend it a few times - George comes through the ranks - I can vacate the belt to move up to welterweight. That's dreamland.

"That would be perfect because I'm never going to fight him. We spar in the gym twice a week. I'm with him every day - I wind him up every day.

"Just to think I'd go in there and fight him or Luke, who I've been training with for seven or eight years, it's not happening.

"You couldn't give an unlimited amount of money to do that."

"I couldn't even contemplate that, it would never happen. In them big super gyms, two people who train under the same roof and they have the same coaches and they're gonna fight each other.

"That just blows my mind. That's just crazy."

UFC star Tom Aspinall and Paddy Pimblett both refuse to fight their teammates

Pimblett's fellow Brit Tom Aspinall, former UFC heavyweight champion, adopts a similar approach. Speaking ahead the controversial title defence against Ciryl Gane on October 25, Aspinall spoke about a scenario in which he would vacate the strap.

Aspinall spoke about the career trajectory of his teammate Ante Delija, who looked to be closing in on a title shot before two back-to-back defeats.

He admitted his preferred plan was to avoid meeting Delija inside the Octagon, instead allowing him to have his time.

At the time, he said: "He’s potentially 2-3 wins away from a title shot. If I’d never won a title, I would feel like we would have to fight because that’s my dream."

He added: "But now I’ve done it, I’d be like, I’ll vacate it and he can have his time. I wouldn’t fight him - that’s my guy. I’ve won the title, I’ve done that, and I’ve got a few more in me before he’s gonna be up there anyway."

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But the most notable example of friends and teammates going at it for UFC gold is Jon Jones and Rashad Evans, who fought for the light heavyweight title at UFC 145 after being training partners in Albuquerque.

Jones stepped in to replace an injured Evans in the light heavyweight title, defeating to Mauricio 'Shogun' Rua to become the youngest champion in UFC history.

He spoke about not having an issue in facing Evans if it came to it, which angered the UFC Hall of Famer.

Evans left the gym and they ended up fighting one another after a heated build-up, with Jones winning via unanimous decision.

They did eventually mend their friendship many years later.