{"id":4690,"date":"2026-05-04T23:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/4690\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:16:12","slug":"ufc-vet-tim-elliott-snaps-at-fan-who-lost-money-on-his-ufc-perth-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/4690\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC vet Tim Elliott snaps at fan who lost money on his UFC Perth defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC flyweight contender Tim Elliott shut down a disgruntled fan\u2019s response to his loss at UFC Perth last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Perth featured plenty of entertaining moments last weekend, headlined by welterweight star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-thinks-carlos-prates-is-ready-for-title-shot-following-ufc-perth-nobody-would-complain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Prates finishing former champion Jack Della Maddalena<\/a> in the main event. Prates seems on track for a potential welterweight title shot as UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev awaits news on his first title defense.<\/p>\n<p>On the UFC Perth undercard, one of the best fights of the night featured former title challenger Steve Erceg squaring off with Demetrious Johnson\u2019s former rival, Tim Elliott, in a three-round flyweight war. Erceg walked away with a unanimous decision win as Elliott\u2019s recent win streak came to an end.<\/p>\n<p>As the UFC continues to grow in popularity, sportsbooks feature UFC fights as popular bets. However, several fighters have received threats from some UFC fans after failing to solidify their parlays and individual plays.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott didn\u2019t mince words after one fan fired a personal attack on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Elliott hits back at disgruntled fan\u2019s explicit response to UFC Perth defeat<\/p>\n<p>After Elliott posted a message to his followers on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TElliott125\/status\/2050663732154617948\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a> following UFC Perth, one fan made his opinion felt colorfully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI LOST MONEY ON YOU, YOU B\u2014\u2014,\u201d the fan wrote to Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t take long for Elliott to take the time to respond to his hater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet a job b\u2014-,\u201d Elliott responded.<\/p>\n<p>Before UFC Perth, Elliott entered the flyweight title discussion after recent wins over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/kai-asakura\/kai-asakura-accepts-any-harsh-criticism-after-ufc-319-loss-im-disappointed-in-myself\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former title challenger Kai Asakura<\/a> and Sumadaerji. Despite being at one of the final stages of his combat sports career, Elliott continues to be a tough out for most of the top flyweights.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Elliott won\u2019t hesitate to hit back at fans who attempt to bully fighters after their bets fall short.<\/p>\n<p>What was your favorite moment from the UFC Perth undercard? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UFC flyweight contender Tim Elliott shut down a disgruntled fan\u2019s response to his loss at UFC Perth last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3210,335,3801,1412,3208],"class_list":{"0":"post-4690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-perth","8":"tag-mma","9":"tag-perth","10":"tag-tim-elliott","11":"tag-ufc","12":"tag-ufc-perth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}