There, YouTube boxer Jake Paul has received yet another fight offer. However, the reason behind this one seems purely vengeance and destruction of ‘The Problem Child.’ You see, after defeating 58-year-old Mike Tyson on November 15th, the Cleveland native turned his attention to former UFC champion Conor McGregor.
The 27-year-old hopped on X to write, “Dear Conor, I know you told my team you would fight me at 170lbs. That’s never happening. But let’s run in MMA. No weight class. Just like how it used to be done. But you won’t.” For those curious, Paul is referring to November 12, 1993, when the first-ever MMA event took place under UFC’s banner.
Held in Denver, Colorado, the deadliest fighters in the world came face-to-face for the first time. What made it special was that UFC 1 had no rules or restrictions, as men from all different backgrounds fought in the octagon. Regardless, it’s also worth noting that Paul had asked McGregor to seek professional help back in March after ‘The Notorious’ suggested he would meet him in the boxing ring.
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Meanwhile, McGregor hasn’t been spotted in the octagon since he broke his leg during the Dustin Poirier fight in June 2021. He was supposed to return in UFC 303 in June against Michael Chandler but injured his toe. Nonetheless, he has been spotted in Newcastle in November, promoting his bare-knuckle promotion.
During the Paul vs. Tyson fight, he even bet $1 million on Tyson knocking out Paul before deleting all evidence of his loss. Hearing about Paul’s callout, the Irishman even trolled the YouTube boxer by suggesting he should fight 82-year-old Mitch O’Connell, noting, “Nakisa already rang me lad. It’s this guy next for you. Good luck pal.”
The discussion seemed it would end there, but no. Former UFC star Rampage Jackson has now inserted himself into the conversation, wanting to exact vengeance for Paul’s disrespect towards McGregor and defeat of Mike Tyson. “Yo @jakepaul watch how you talk to MMA royalty,” Jackson wrote on X while sharing a screenshot of Paul’s tweet to McGregor.
Yo @jakepaul watch how you talk to MMA royalty,I’ll fight you in MMA no weight class for no pay. That’s a great deal.. but i bet YOU won’t. Stop disrespecting people in my fucken sport homie. You fighting Tyson was your last straw.. go back to boxing wrestlers. pic.twitter.com/9w83xf3mtl
— Rampage Jackson (@Rampage4real) November 25, 2024
“I’ll fight you in MMA no weight class for no pay. That’s a great deal.. but I bet YOU won’t. Stop disrespecting people in my f**ken sport homie. You fighting Tyson was your last straw.. go back to boxing wrestlers,” the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion continued. Whether or not Paul accepts this “no weight class for no pay” challenge is yet to be seen, but McGregor found himself in hot waters because of one of his tweets during the Paul vs. Tyson fight.
Conor McGregor deletes a distasteful tweet toward Jake Paul
The fight itself was as boring as it could get, and it received massive backlash online for it. However, the Irishman took things to a very distasteful level. After Paul was crowned the victor, McGregor, in a now-deleted tweet, wrote, “They are eyeing Prichard Colon for next opponent,” referencing the former boxer left in a vegetative state after a 2015 fight against Terrel Williams.
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As you may expect, fans were not happy about the remark, as they voiced their disdain in response. Colon was involved in a tragic and traumatic brain injury from illegal punches on the back of the head, which has left him unable to speak or care for himself. McGregor, however, hasn’t issued an apology to Colon or even addressed it for that matter.
That being said, whatever Jackson’s motivations are behind challenging Jake Paul, the fact of the matter is that ‘El Gallo’ has received yet another lucrative fight offer following the boring Mike Tyson fight. Do you think Paul will accept this offer?
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