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Jake Paul finally has a formidable opponent this time. As per the reports, ‘The Problem Child’ will face Anderson Silva on October 29th in the Gila River Arena in Phoenix. Prior to Silva, Paul suffered one cancellation after the other. Earlier this year, Jake Paul was all scheduled to fight Tommy Fury. Unfortunately, the fight was canceled and Paul found another opponent in Hasim Rahman Jr. With only a few days left for the event, Rahman Jr. reported of not being able to make weight and so pulled out from the fight.

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Meanwhile, the UFC was on wheels to stage a Nate Diaz vs. Khamzat Chimaev fight for the event at UFC 279. Unfortunately, Chimaev failed to make the assigned weight. Therefore, the UFC had to shuffle their deck for UFC 279, and allow Nate Diaz to fight Tony Ferguson instead of Khamzat Chimaev, the undefeated Welterweight fighter.

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After the news became public, Jake Paul took to Twitter and offered his opinion on the UFC 279 shuffle. He wrote, “Dana White tried to screw over his fellow American Nate Diaz… but the Russian Khamzat Chimaeg was a double agent and screwed Dana White. The irony of it all”. 

Jake Paul jabbed at Dana White after shuffling of UFC 279

White had recently avoided a conversation about Jake Paul but also expressed that it was time Paul had a real fight. Even though White avoided conversation concerning Paul, the latter took a jab at White after the shuffling of UFC 279. However, here is what White said after the shuffle was done.

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White said, “It’s not by coincidence that we stack guys in the same weight on the same card in case something goes wrong. It worked out. Getting these guys to agree to different fights can be a little tough sometimes. We got it all done. We’re locked in.” 

Therefore, now there will be Nate Diaz vs. Tony Ferguson and Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kevin Holland.

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