Social media celebrity Jake Paul was seen grappling with one of many hottest prospects within the UFC, Bo Nickal.
Though this will come as a shock, the 26-year-old could use as much help as he could get heading into his PFL debut sometime this year.
Paul, who has typically been ridiculed for combating MMA fighters in a boxing ring fairly than a cage, announced that he would be signing with the PFL on January 5th.
The now skilled turned boxer has no MMA expertise, so a session with grappling phenom Nickal definitely doesn’t stain his studying interval.
Nickal is a former three-time NCAA Division 1 nationwide wrestling champion.
The 27-year-old middleweight is not any veteran of the sport himself, having solely made his MMA debut in 2022, but he has rallied an immense assist in his transient 4-0 profession.
This entails three-straight first spherical submissions underneath the UFC department, together with his pay-per-view debut the place he flawlessly choked Jamie Pickett at UFC 285, as an enormous -1800 favorite.
The 2 could not share a lot in widespread, however Nickal has provided to help Jake Paul’s transition to MMA up to now, and he’s signed underneath Paul’s betting firm, Betr.
Jake Paul, who’s coming off his first defeat in skilled boxing in opposition to Tommy Fury, is but to announce whether or not his subsequent battle will happen in boxing or MMA, however a bout with the PFL within the close to future is inevitable.
The closely criticized Ohio native was very a lot disliked by the MMA neighborhood up to now, feuding with stars on-line comparable to Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor, and Jorge Masvidal to call just a few.
Though, he was equally hated for his antics heading into skilled boxing, and he wish to show his doubters unsuitable in an an identical vogue.
Paul’s multi-year historic take care of the PFL features a co-created pay-per-view division known as “PFL PPV Tremendous Struggle,” a division that ensures fighters will obtain 50% of income from its occasions.
The PFL haven’t precisely hinted at Jake Paul’s potential opponents, though Paul was rumoured to have provided free agent Nate Diaz a two-fight deal.
Will Jake Paul attain the identical stardom in MMA as he did in boxing?
