Jake Paul Shocked as Ciryl Gane’s Coach Reveals Threat From Khabib’s Manager After $90,000 Refusal

Behind the glory and glamour of the MMA world, there sometimes may occur some dark incidents which later come to light and shock everyone. The manager of UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane, Fernand Lopez, recently revealed some shocking details of foul play involving his fighter Slim Trabelsi and Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s manager Ali Abdelaziz.

The news was shared on Twitter. The details inspired reactions from several entities including, YouTube star-turned-boxer, Jake Paul.

Fernand Lopez reveals threatening messages from Ali Abdelaziz

In the article published on BJ Penn’s news website, Fernand Lopez revealed the details behind the UFC signing and subsequent release of heavyweight Slim Trabelsi. According to Lopez, Trabelsi and Abdelaziz went behind his back and signed with the UFC while Trabelsi was still under contract with Lopez’s promotion, Ares FC.

Lopez said that he signed Trabelsi four years ago and helped him improve as an MMA fighter. He also revealed he trained the heavyweight for free initially and helped him get fights. Trabelsi left Lopez after he couldn’t help him get into the UFC, but returned to Lopez again later. Trabelsi later won the Ares FC Heavyweight belt.

When the UFC came to Paris in September 2022, Lopez talked to Mick Maynard about Trabelsi. He learned from Maynard that Abdelaziz had introduced Trabelsi as his guy and asked the UFC to sign him. Trabelsi also told the promotion that Abdelaziz was his manager.

Lopez proved his case to Maynard by showing the management contract Trabelsi signed with him in May 2022.

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The UFC backed out on Trabelsi after Lopez proved his case. Lopez said that Abdelaziz had been threatening him since then, in an effort to get Trabelsi released. According to Lopez, Abdelaziz said, “I f*****g own the media” and that popular media houses and journalists who have the story didn’t put it out because he asked them not to.

Lopez asked for a $90,000 compensation to release Trabelsi. “Ali didn’t agree to the $90,000, he then told me this is war and I’m from the streets and he will show me what that means,” stated Lopez.

Lopez formerly coached current UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and trains Ciryl Gane at the moment.

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‘The Problem Child’ took the opportunity to respond to the Abdelaziz controversy. The boxer observed that a manager who controls the media is unheard of, while promoters like Dana White doing that was common.

From his tweet, it is clear Paul took the opportunity to take digs at Dana White, and the recent incident where Mark Zuckerberg rented out the UFC Apex for an event. Paul’s tweet, however, does little to comment on the issue.

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The situation involving Trabelsi, Lopez, and Abdelaziz seems to be an ugly one. It is an attack on the integrity of the sport when athletes violate contractual agreements. What are your thoughts on the matter? Let us know in the comments below.