LAS VEGAS: Dana White seems baffled by recent threatening comments made by YouTuber boxer Jake Paul.
Following UFC’s conclusion on ESPN 30 at UFC Apex, White was asked about Paul’s recent statement that if he met White, his dispute would end with Paul “making it out.”
The proposal makes sense for the UFC president, who mocked Paul’s boxing opponents, including post-UFC race athletes Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley.
“In fact, it makes sense,” White told MMA Junkie at the UFC post-fight press conference at ESPN 30. “I’m 52 years old. I’m in the age range of the guys fighting, so yeah, I could see him wanting to fight me. All he fights are 50-year-olds. “
White said he does not take Paul’s threat seriously, at least not enough to organize any legal documents. As with his fighters, White expects “mean things” to be said in the world of combat sports, even those aimed at him.
“Let me tell you what,” White said. “Standing in line. There are a lot of people who would like to attack me. Standing in line. It’s a very long line, man. You’ll be waiting a while. No, it doesn’t bother me. This is the business in which “I say it all the time about fighters, too. We’re not in the business of nice guys. This is very bad business. I also say a lot of meaningful things about people. It’s just part of this game. It’s all right.” “
The round trip is the last chapter of the saga of Paul and White. Although White has long said he is not interested in doing business with Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer has remained relentless in his intervention. He constantly tries to push the UFC president as he raises the issue of wrestlers ’pay.
Paul, 24, fights former UFC welterweight champion Woodley on Sunday in Cleveland as the headline match of a pay-per-view Showtime. He will try to advance to 4-0 as a professional boxer against Woodley, a professional boxing debutant.
UFC on ESPN 30 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex. The card was issued on ESPN and broadcast on ESPN +.
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