YouTube sensation turned boxer, Jake Paul has issued a shocking challenge to UFC’s President Dana White. The boxing exhibitionist has given a five-day deadline to accept his offer to fight Jorge Masvidal– in a UFC cage!
The heavy criticism from UFC fans, that no boxer can crossover into UFC might have prompted Jake Paul to make this move. The beef with Jorge Masvidal and Jake Paul has been boiling up for quite some time now and this could be the perfect opportunity for both of them to settle the score.
If Dana White does accept this offer, this could be one of the greatest PPVs of all time for UFC. And if Jake Paul does manage to beat Jorge Masvidal, he will have left no doubts in anyone’s minds that he’s truly is a talented fighter.
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Happy new year @danawhite. Here is a real challenge for you…
I will immediately retire from boxing and fight Jorge Masvidal in the UFC if you agree to: pic.twitter.com/bJScDVITvL
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) January 1, 2022
Dana White has discredited Jake Paul and his boxing career
In many interviews over the course of 2021, Dana has unleased a verbal barrage of insults at the 24-year-old boxer’s direction. He discredited his wins against retired UFC fighters and suggested he should fight someone of his own size, weight, and from his own sport. Naturally, Jake fired back at the UFC president with an elaborate response of his own.
Dana White loves promoting my fights for free.. thank you @danawhite pic.twitter.com/OGKBhduiMK
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) October 30, 2021
Following his win over retired MMA fighter and wrestler. Ben Askren. He called out the MMA promotion for underpaying the fighters and ripping them off the revenue that they deserve. With an elaborated tweet, he attacked the pay structure that doesn’t benefit the fighters at all. Rumors have it that Ben earned more money with this one fight than he did across three fights with the promotion.
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. @danawhite pic.twitter.com/SI48eGkoaO
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) April 25, 2021
Jake also made tall claims that the ring girls make more money than fighters, who compete inside the octagon. This goes against everything that UFC has claimed, as fighters make the sport and they compel people to buy PPVs or the ringside tickets.
Dana White pays his ring girls more than his fighters🙃🤡
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) May 11, 2021
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He also attacked the promotion for taking a major cut from Conor’s fight against Floyd Mayweather back in 2017. This has only escalated to a point that both, as the duo, have called each other out with elaborate challenges.
. @danawhite pic.twitter.com/t2n70Yvay4
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) July 8, 2021
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Do you think Dana White will accept Jake’s challenge? Will we see the biggest crossover in the history of combat sports? Share your thoughts about this twitter battle in the comment section below.