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Combat Sports News: UFC Boss Dana White On Jake Paul and Logan Paul
White, UFC top brass thinks Paul is just looking for attention.
“I don’t *ucking hate Jake Paul ” White said via a recent episode of “Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson.” “Jake Paul is one of those guys that he’s a young kid, and he’s just trying to get attention. He’s always looking for attention and, he’s doing his thing. Whatever – it’s all good.”
Make note that White is friends and business partners with Paul’s older brother Logan Paul whose hydration drink “Prime” has partnered with the UFC in a much publizied deal months ago. just as Jake's start was rising in professional wrestling based promotion, the WWE.
“The brother is *ucking brilliant,” White said. “I mean, the brother’s *ucking raking in big dough. Logan Paul is a businessman. This kid’s really making some big moves, and KSI too. Those kids are making real money and doing their thing.”
Paul recently added another former UFC fighter to his win column when he defeated fan favorite Nate Diaz by unanimous decision this past Saturday in Dallas, Texas. The 185-pounder boxing match served as the feature bout of the boxing event with Most Valuable Promotions roots and aired live on DAZN/ESPN+ pay-per-view. “The Problem Child” now holds wins over ex-UFC fighters Ben Askren, Tyron Woodley, Anderson Silva and Diaz. The VMP boxing matches have also helped elevate and give more spotlight to the KSI associated Misfits Boxing whose ratings garnered hardcore and some mainstream press via "The Forum".
Recently Media Man Group asked the UFC Sydney fighter panel about their views on the Paul Brothers, with Jake Paul being first mentioned first by Media Man and then Logan also being championed via Volk and Tai Tuivasa. Media Man suggested Tai would fit in well with the WWE's 'The Bloodline including WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, The Uso's and Paul Heyman. Tai recalled Rikishi and Media Man replied with the red hot 'Bloodline' storyline and wrestling faction. "I think your phone and internet's going to get really busy. Triple H,Vince McMahon and others are going to see this"!
Logan Paul has just added to his recent accolades with Man awarding LP as 'Pro Wrestler nd Sports Entertainer Of The Month', something Reigns, Karrion Kross, Seth Rollins and an elite few others including with a rival promotion AEW also have achieved. It's the prestige of the award and worldwide news and buzz that matters, not a cash or financial type award. It's based on merit alone. The Media Man team also looked at the world of boxing and decided that based on his recent achievements in and out of the ring that Jake Paul deserved to share the 'Boxer Of The Month' award with World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Tyson Fury, who incidently will be boxing Francis Ngannou in a somewhat controversial fight due to occur in Saudi Arabia's sports mad Riyadh on October 28 of this year.
Logan Paul or Tyson Fury are not the first boxers to also dabble in pro wrestling. Hardcore fight fans may recall the legandary "Black Superman", per song, Muhammad Ali dabbling in wrestling in the late 70s and early 80's primarily in the WWE (then WWWF and WWF) in some angles and matches, and again as ref at the first WWE WrestleMania in 1985 when Hulk Hogan and Mr. T squared off and defeated the late Rowdy Roddy Piper and Paul "Mr Wonderful" Orndorff.
Some boxing and wrestling purists may not like the recent and hyped cross-over dealings between boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts but it has drawn huge business for those involved. "It's all a form of entertainment and pop culture business and its roots are in combat sports" says Media Man. "The showbiz and showman elements have been amplied to say the very least"!
In the meantime many pro wrestling, boxing and MMA fans continue to lap-up the action, excitement and storylines. When will your next combat sports competitor be up for a "cross-over" match ala Ali and Antoni Inoki circa 1976, but hopefully with a much more entertaining element. "Leave it to Logan Paul" whispered as insider! And then there's a potential Paul vs Paul boxing supermatch to happen which insiders at Media Man and others say would be a Pay-Per-View bonanza. "Close to Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg, if they can quit arguing over the internet and get into an Octagon or something and go for the KO and takedown in order to raise money for Vets, charities and the like".
As per usual, may the best man win, both in and out of the ring, and let's see these promoters take it to the limit and then some.
