Fans Debate Jake Paul and Conor McGregor’s Influence in MMA After $50 Million Fighters Association Plans Are Revealed

Jake Paul is still riding the wave from the Anderson Silva win and revealed his latest fighters association plans. The 25-year-old beat the veteran Silva in their boxing event at the end of October. With the win, Paul extended his record to 6-0 and is going on full steam ahead with the proposed fighters’ association.

The win over a decorated martial artist like Silva boosted Paul’s credibility in the eyes of a lot of fans and fighters. While there are those still hesitant to give Paul credit, he proved a lot of haters wrong. Now, Paul has his focus on the fighters’ union plan and is making big claims regarding the same.

Fans react to Paul’s $50M fighter association plan

On a recent episode of ‘Impaulsive’, Jake Paul revealed his plans for the fighters association. ‘The Problem Child‘ said that they were planning to raise $50 million for fighters fighting from check to check. He said that this would allow them to not be overly obedient to the UFC.

Paul’s words drew reactions from fighters and fans alike. UFC lightweight prospect Terrance McKinney commented, “I need 1 mil of that 50 haha 😂.”

Unconvinced about Paul’s generosity, one fan wrote, “Not sure if he’s doing this to make a difference or just to pi*s off dana and the UFC.” Another fan commented, “I don’t like Jake personally but if he can pull this off he’s going to have done more for MMA than any other fighter, including Conor.”

Some fans raised their voice for fighters outside the UFC. One of them said, “Ok now do belator, onefc, and pfl. Oh wait can’t get clout from thst. Got it.”

Similarly, another wrote, “What about fighters in other organizations? Better yet, disclose the payouts of every fighter that just fought on his PPV that tanked. He’s in over his head on this one.”

Referring to Paul’s latest outing, one fan commented, “Anderson Silva made less fighting Jake Paul than he did 12 years ago fighting in the UFC. This dude is all talk and you idiots give him the attention he craves.”

Another fan wrote, “What about the underpaid bellator pfl ? They get paid sh*t too.. I wonder why he only names ufc could it be because it brings him more eyeballs to his low selling PPVs ?”

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While there are those that doubt his words, pros like Georges St-Pierre previously offered support to Paul’s idea of a united fighters association.

GSP offered support to Jake Paul and his union plans

MMA legend Georges St-Pierre extended his support to Jake Paul’s supposed fighter’s union should it happen. St-Pierre was talking to the media before the Paul vs. Silva event.

“It’s not a question of if it should happen, a union — it’s a question of when it will happen,” the Canadian star said. St-Pierre also added that the sport of MMA is relatively young. So despite previous failed attempts, he believes a fighters union will be set up in the future.

“You only hear about the guys who make it, the Conor McGregor, Khabib [Nurmagomedov], Georges St-Pierre. We made a lot of money, we left the sport healthy and good. But the truth is that most of the guys, 99.9 percent of the guys, it’s a horror movie, it’s a bad ending to their career, ending in a bad way.”

After his win over Silva, Paul reiterated his decision to go ahead with the fighter’s union plan. As a part of their bet, ‘The Spider‘ will have to join Paul. The 25-year-old also asked the 47-year-old St-Pierre to join the efforts as they could use with his expertise in the sport.

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What do you make of Paul’s $50M plan for fighters? Do you think he means it? And is it enough to make a difference? Let us know in the comments below.