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UFC lightweight fighter Paddy Pimblett stood victorious against Jared Gordon at UFC 282. Despite dominating the majority of the fight, Gordon was denied a sure-shot victory. This decision came as a surprise to fans and fighters globally. The promotion faced a lot of backlash due to the co-main event and main event. Al Iaquinta was amongst those who voiced their disapproval of the results. In a humorous dig at Pimblett and Joe Rogan, he talks about the controversy surrounding Pimblett and Helwani.

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Retired UFC lightweight star Al Iaquinta has fought some big names at UFC. He went to a judge’s decision against former undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Besides, he has also gone toe-to-toe against Dan Hooker, Donald Cerrone, and Michael Chiesa. 

The American podcast host has remained a huge admirer of ‘Raging’ and praised him a lot of times on his podcast. In his opinion, he gave a solid fight to Khabib during his unbeaten run in the organization. On the other hand, Pimblett is not on good terms with MMA journalist Ariel Helwani.

Will Paddy Pimblett charge Joe Rogan to appear on his podcast?

Al Iaquinta, with his recent tweet, left fans wondering about the cost of Pimblett’s appearance on the famed ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ podcast.

This is following the recent Helwani and Pimblett controversy where it is revealed that the fighter asked for money to appear on Helwani’s ‘MMA Hour’ show.

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Moreover, Pimblett and Dana White sat down for their video and dissed the journalist, which aggravated him to make a response video where he revealed his side. In his response, Helwani clarified that he isn’t a liar and that he doesn’t a single dime of other fighters.

Fans react to the tweet

This tweet got the fans engaging and some of them had a hilarious take on the subtle dig by the lightweight fighter. Here’s what some of them had to say:

A fan wondered if and how much he paid Dana after the controversial result at UFC 282:

Another fan jokingly claimed that he might do it for the acknowledgment:

Meanwhile, one had a hilarious response:

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A fan had an estimate of how much it would cost:

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Do you think Pimblett will charge Joe Rogan to appear on his podcast?

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