Pimblett Stool Claim Is Refuted

Paddy Pimblett’s claim that he bought Ilia Topuria’s UFC corner stool has been disputed after a woman identified as Jessica said she was the actual purchaser. The claim centered on a red UFC stool linked to Topuria’s loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250. Pimblett had posted a grinning photo with the stool and described it as a “collector’s item,” while saying on Instagram that he had spent $13,700 through a UFC auction site. The post was presented as another pointed gesture in the ongoing friction surrounding Pimblett and Topuria, but Jessica later shared material that challenged the claim directly.

Jessica said in a video that she bought the stool herself and that the purchase was intentional. She described herself as a major Topuria fan and said she wanted to prevent Pimblett or anyone else from buying the item and using it against Topuria. “It was me. I bought it, not Paddy, not anybody else,” Jessica said. She also shared a Shop app shipping confirmation email and an online receipt with an order number. The material she displayed showed a final price of $18,272, which was higher than the $13,700 figure Pimblett had cited. The supplied report does not establish whether Pimblett had a different stool, but Jessica’s evidence disputes the specific claim that he purchased the stool she says she owns.

Jessica’s receipt challenges the post

The disputed item was described as the stool Topuria sat on after his fight with Gaethje was waved off following the fourth round. In Pimblett’s Instagram post, the red stool appeared alongside a smiling image of “The Baddy,” making the message an unmistakable jab at Topuria. The value of the post was in the rivalry as much as the item itself: a claimed purchase of a piece of fight-related memorabilia gave Pimblett a fresh way to needle another prominent figure in the lightweight picture. Jessica’s response shifted attention away from the photo and toward the purchase details. Her receipt and shipping confirmation were offered as proof that she, rather than Pimblett, completed the order. The final amount shown in the material was $18,272. That figure matters because it does not match the amount Pimblett publicly attached to his own claim. Her video did not merely question his post; it said plainly that she purchased the stool and that she did so to keep it from being used as a rival’s prop.

The available account leaves a narrow but important distinction. Jessica’s material supports her assertion that she bought the stool connected to Topuria, while Pimblett’s post claimed he had bought that same kind of item for $13,700. The report raised the possibility that Pimblett either obtained another stool or continued the joke without having purchased the one Jessica showed in her documentation. Neither possibility was confirmed in the supplied material. What is confirmed is that Jessica publicly rejected the claim, displayed purchase-related records and gave a different final price. As a result, the original social-media boast became a dispute over ownership rather than a clean piece of memorabilia trolling.

What the public posts establish

The episode is built around public claims and the evidence Jessica chose to show in response. Pimblett’s side of the story was a social-media post saying he had acquired the stool, accompanied by a photo and the $13,700 figure. Jessica’s side was a video statement, a shipping confirmation from the Shop app and an online receipt containing an order number. Her explanation also gave the purchase a personal purpose: she said she was a Topuria fan and wanted to stop the stool from becoming something that could be used against him. That context explains why the ownership question quickly became part of the wider back-and-forth associated with Pimblett and Topuria. It does not, however, establish any further action by either fighter or any official finding about the post. The documented update is limited to Jessica’s refutation and the records she presented in support of it.

• Pimblett claimed on Instagram that he spent $13,700 on a UFC auction-site stool connected to Topuria.
• Jessica said she bought the stool and showed a Shop app shipping confirmation plus an online receipt listing a final price of $18,272.

Jessica’s response turned Pimblett’s apparent troll into a contested claim with a documented counterargument. Her video, shipping confirmation and receipt were presented as evidence that she was the real buyer of the Topuria-related stool. The reported price of $18,272 also differs from the amount Pimblett said he paid. Beyond that discrepancy, the supplied material does not confirm whether Pimblett possessed another stool or simply carried on with the bit. The central update is clear: the woman who identified herself as Jessica says the stool belongs to her, not Pimblett.