Undefeated Boxer Jake Paul Teased MMA Debut After Announcement of Training at a Former Two-Weight Champion’s Gym

The YouTuber turned professional boxer, ‘The Problem Child’, Jake Paul, stands undefeated in the ring. He has fought five matches and won four of them by KO. His strength and abilities are well appreciated in the fighting community.   

Jake Paul is great in the ring, but coming into the cage is a whole new scene. Jake Paul made the announcement of making his debut in MMA. He announced that he was going to train in MMA at AKA in BS w/ Jake Paul.

Jake Paul will train with Javier Mendez

Jake Paul recently teased via an announcement that he’s coming to MMA. “I’m working with a big organization right now, on the whole thing in MMA, that also has to do with me fighting”, revealed ‘The Problem Child’. He claimed that Javier Mendez would train him in MMA and he will go to the American Kickboxing Academy. “I probably need a year, year and a half to get the kicks down”, he added.

Paul also revealed that he already knows jiu-jitsu. He claimed to know wrestling since high school, and the only thing he was missing was mastery over kicks. 

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The training with Mendez was hinted previously, as well. “I don’t see why if I can do boxing at this high of a level that I couldn’t do MMA at this high of a level,” Paul had stated while promoting his rematch with Tyron Woodley. “I’m gonna go get coached up by Jav Mendez, Team Khabib. They’re down 100 percent,” he added.

The coach and founder of the MMA gym AKA, Javier Mendez, confirmed Jake Paul’s entry into his gym. He said that he had exchanged direct messages with Paul. Another factor that sums up the equation involves Paul’s coach, Jacob Chavez, who is a coach at AKA and is a friend to Javier Mendez. 

Chael Sonnen believes that Jake Paul should enter Bellator

Chael Sonnen, the former mixed martial artist, talked about Jake Paul’s debut into the octagon and his training at the American Kickboxing Academy. He praised Paul for being respectful and dropping hints for the audience and forcing them to talk about his plans. Sonnen believes that when Paul tells us something, then he is being serious about it. 

Sonnen connected the dots and said, “It sounds as though Jake would not enter a tournament. That’s just my guess. If he did, that’d be pretty cool”. He believes that Paul’s first time in the octagon is going to be a one-off. Paul does his boxing on Showtime, which hosts Bellator. The perfect opponent for Jake Paul would be Conor McGregor’s sparring partner, Dillon Danis, believes Chael Sonnen. “I could see something very very interesting with Jake and One Championship”, said Sonnen, while also believing that Bellator would be the leading candidate for Paul. 

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Jake Paul entering MMA is of high interest. The wrestler turned boxer is destined to give the fans great bouts. However, going to train at AKA is just the beginning of a new journey for Jake Paul.