"Everyone sees the glasses, everyone sees the top knot. I just didn't get my pink shorts tonight, so hopefully I get that in the future."
"As much as I was the favourite tonight, everyone's always thought I was the underdog."
"I have nothing but respect for all them lads over there. We're all from one city, you know what I mean and at the end of the day, Liverpool stand up. That's what we're doing. We're only a small fighting city, and we're coming and we're putting ourselves on the map."
"I honestly don't know. At the end of the day, when my coaches, my manager says I'm ready, I'm back out. London would be nice, but I can't lie, I've been enjoying the traveling."
Kurtis Campbell is a Liverpool featherweight known as the Pink Panther who finished Demba Seck inside a round on the Contender Series and earned UFC entry. He pairs unassuming looks — coke bottle glasses and a top knot — with decisive in-cage performances. The pink-shorts persona began as a dare from his father and was influenced by admiration for Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis. Campbell acknowledges comparisons to Paddy Pimblett due to accent but trains at a different gym and expresses respect for fellow Liverpool fighters. He has no set UFC debut date and will return when coaches and management deem him ready.
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