Jake Paul sent a nasty message to Dana White during Friday’s ceremonial weigh ins for his upcoming boxing match against former Ultimate Fighting Championship standout, Mike Perry.
This weekend’s clash between Paul and Perry will be an interesting one. Paul was hoping to get his hands on Mike Tyson this month in a massive showdown on Netflix, but the boxing gods had other plans. Perry was called upon to step in for a medically-unfit Tyson and will do his best to become the first fighter to stop Paul.
The social media sensation has been matched up against some notable combat veterans over the course of his boxing career, but Paul has beat all of them. This includes former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley, as well as standout star Nate Diaz. Fight fans are hopeful that Paul starts branching off and fighting up-and-coming boxers his own age, but “Problem Child” is making a killing against some of UFC’s biggest outcasts.
On Friday, Paul took a moment to call out White and any other former UFC fighters who think they can beat him inside of the boxing ring. Paul also claimed that White will offer Perry a contract to return to UFC if he’s able to stop Paul this weekend.
Guess the two will never be friends.
Jake Paul sends a message to Dana White before #PaulPerry
“Anyone you send at me, any one of your MMA fighters is getting f*cked up. They’ve been trying to assassinate me.” pic.twitter.com/GYK5p4AGuC
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) July 19, 2024
“Dana White said he’s going to give him a UFC contract if he can knock me out,” said Paul during his onstage interview with Ariel Helwani (shown above). “Well guess what, Dana? You can rip up the f—king contract because I’m going to f—k up Mike Perry.
“Anyone you send at me, any one of your MMA fighters is getting f—ked up. They’ve been trying to assassinate me. They don’t want me in this sport. They hate that I run this sport.”
Paul vs. Perry will go down later this evening (Sat., July 20, 2024) live on DAZN PPV from inside Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., and serve as the main event. “Problem Child” is currently slated as the betting favorite to win the “Fear No Man” matchup, but Perry is 6-0 since leaving UFC back in 2021 so anything is possible.
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry card right here, starting with YouTube “Prelims” matches, which are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET (and right here). The remaining PPV main card will air on DAZN at 9 p.m. ET.
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