Jake Paul: ‘I performed MMA followers like a fiddle’
YouTube creator and social media movie star turned skilled boxer Jake Paul has made a reputation for himself contained in the largely off the backs of former MMA fighters. In accordance with Paul, concentrating on UFC fighters was by design.
Paul started his boxing profession by taking up a fellow YouTube persona, AnEsonGib. Paul completed him within the first spherical. In his second skilled boxing match, Paul took on former NBA participant Nate Robinson and scored a second-round knockout.
His subsequent three fights could be in opposition to former UFC fighters. In April 2021, Paul made fast work of Ben Askren. In his subsequent bout, Paul took on former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. The 2 fought to a break up determination. They rematched 4 months later. Paul knocked Woodley out within the sixth spherical.
Whereas calling out former UFC fighters, Paul was additionally taking jabs at UFC president Dana White over fighter pay. He generated headlines on MMA web sites. Dana White could be requested about Paul’s feedback producing much more headlines.
“I performed them (MMA followers) like a fiddle, received them watching, received them intrigued, and now they’re in my hip pocket,” Paul mentioned throughout Monday’s Paul vs. Silva kickoff press convention in Los Angeles. “So I’m profitable at my very own sport, they usually’re all part of a significant plan.”
Paul faces his hardest take a look at up to now on Oct. 29 in Glendale, Ariz. when he takes on former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legends Anderson Silva.
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