UFC CEO Dana White just got done telling the media that he “stopped paying attention to Jake Paul” and “doesn’t even think about him anymore.” White also claims he was too busy vacationing in Italy to worry about Paul’s pay-per-view (PPV) fight against former UFC welterweight Mike Perry.
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For someone who abandoned the Jake Paul Business, White certainly knows a lot about what happened when “El Gallo” tarnished “Platinum” last month in Miami, a fight that “didn’t sell any f***ing PPVs.” Or maybe White is overlooking the fact that most of Paul’s exploits have been a commercial for this controversial cash grab.
I guess we can rule out that crossover fight against UFC champ Alex Pereira.
“He calls people out for attention,” White told Full Send Podcast. “Alex is a superstar right now. So Jake calls him out and Jake gets press. [Pereira] sells 400 times the f***ing PPVs. The Jake Paul fight that just happened didn’t sell any f***ing PPVs. They don’t sell. I’ll give him this: it’s fascinating they keep getting new deals done with these guys that gotta be getting f***ed.”
Paul’s anemic box office returns have kept him from this former UFC champ.
Regardless of what Paul has been able to sell or not sell, his Mike Tyson fight in November is expected to return beaucoup bucks for all parties involved, primarily because of Tyson’s brand value. That may be one of many reasons why White is miffed over the “ridiculous” attempt to capitalize on the “Iron” boxing legend.
It appears not even the MAGA bond can bring these two together.