YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul will compete in mixed martial arts following his super fight with boxing legend Mike Tyson.
Paul and Tyson will be boxing on Netflix from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in November.
Perhaps in 2025, Paul will step into a Professional Fighters League cage for his first professional MMA bout.
PFL CEO Peter Murray insists Paul is ready to jump and will take on a legitimate opponent.
“We have a partnership with Jake and we look forward to supporting him in MMA. We're going to have that mega event next year and it's going to happen. It's going to happen. There are many opponents we will continue to face. “
“Conceptually, this event just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Jake has committed to fighting a real, legitimate fighter. So it's going to be a spectacle,” Murray said. bloody elbow.
Although the weight class and opponent have not yet been determined, it was reported that when Paul signed with PFL in January 2023, he would fight in the newly created Super Fight division.
“This is about changing MMA, disrupting it, innovating it and creating the next big league,” Paul was quoted as saying. MMA Junkie. “I already destroyed boxing, now it's time to destroy MMA.”
“It's going to be very serious. I'll probably start working with one of Sean O'Malley's teams.”
During a press scrum in August, Paul told the media that he didn't expect an easy fight but was still living up to expectations.
“This has to be a fight where it's my first MMA fight, so I think I can beat Nate Diaz in my first MMA fight. It's going to be tough, of course. It's a 50-50 fight, but… I can't win.'' I don't want to go to a fight where I lose, like fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov in the first fight. ”
Nurmagomedov is widely considered one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time and retired undefeated. 29-0.
DiazOn the other hand, although he is more than 10 years older than Paul, he has a record of 23 wins and 13 losses and is still active in MMA. Diaz last fought in 2022, defeating UFC legend Tony Ferguson.
In early August, Paul defeated Diaz in boxing. clear defeat However, it's not an overwhelming performance. Both fighters discussed the possibility of an MMA bout immediately after the fight.
“All that's left is to find a name,” Paul told the media. Paul said the team is “ready to make an offer” as it is well-funded, but opponents will need to show they can extract the turnover.
Regarding his MMA training, Paul said: “It's going to be very serious. I'll probably start working with either Sean O'Malley's team in California or maybe Javier Mendez. I would take it very seriously. I wouldn't.” I don't want to lose, and I take everything seriously, so I'll do my best. ”
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