UFC star Payton Talbott continues bitter feud with streamer Adin Ross after gross DM exchange

Payton Talbott has insisted that his feud with Adin Ross is very real, and there is now a UFC bounty on his head from the streamer.

The fast-rising bantamweight scored the best win of his career on Saturday night as he brutalized former two-weight world champion Henry Cejudo at UFC 323. In the build-up to the fight, Talbott was invited on Ross’ live stream, but declined with a foul photo in response to the offer.

Now, the pair seem to be at odds, with Talbott complaining that Ross is a prime example of a ‘streaming culture’ which he feels is an overall negative for society. For his part, the Kick streamer seems to have taken the banter well, joking that he is going to sue the UFC star.

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Payton Talbott again goes off on Adin Ross after denying streamer collaboration

Payton Talbott appeared on Ariel Helwani’s show after his win over Henry Cejudo to talk about a number of topics coming out of an impressive performance. One topic that caught viewers’ interest, however, was his ongoing rivalry with Adin Ross.

“It’s legit,” Talbott said of the rivalry. “I recently saw he put a bounty on my head… Then he said he was going to sue me, I’m sure he was joking or whatever. But that’s kind of my point. The one thing he can do to maintain relevance is to put a f—ing bounty on my head?

“That’s why I said no in the first place… That’s the gripe I have with streaming culture. He has no ability to do anything to me so he’s offering money to someone else to produce some kind of viral moment. That’s why I don’t like it. It’s vampiric and leechy.

“Just pointing a camera at someone and saying ‘now clap like a monkey, wait do it again the chat missed it’? I just don’t like that… I don’t hate those people or anything, I just don’t want to be part of it.”

Payton Talbott sent Adin Ross graphic photo in response to stream offer

A story that went viral before the fight was that Ross had invited Talbott to join him on one of his popular Kick streams. The fighter claims that he responded with a photo of his testicles and a denial, to which Ross laughed and promised to remain friends.

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“He DM’d me asking me and this is everywhere but I sent him a picture with my decline,” Talbott continued. “I said ‘no, I would not like to be on your stream, stream these instead’ and sent some nice b—s… They were really good looking, a good pair of b—s.

“He kind of passed the vibe check, he was like ‘good luck anyway’, laughed and asked if we could still be friends. I just left it at that, but I guess he doesn’t want to be friends any more he wants to put a bounty on me, big scary bounty… Like nobody’s trying to knock me out as it is.”