Jorge Masvidal’s strained friendship with Jake Paul might have offered him some insight that many of his fellow fighters are missing. He claims that Jake Paul’s boxing career – and his aggressive promotional tactics – are simply “trolling the whole world”, and that Paul lacks the money necessary to actually follow up on any of his promises.
Masvidal told The MMA Hour that Jake Paul isn’t selling enough pay-per-views to cash the checks he claims he’s writing. That, more than anything else, is why he won’t be fighting the YouTuber anytime soon.
Masvidal Claims Jake Paul is “Trolling the Whole World”
“The UFC utterly does not give a flying f*ck about what’s-his-face.So the problem is that I’m signed to the UFC, so I have to do what they say, and they pay me bigger checks.
This guy talks a lot about, ‘I’m going to write you a $50 million check,’ but go look at the pay-per-views that he’s selling. He ain’t writing nobody $50 million checks. Go actually look at the f*cking numbers that they actually sold on Showtime or on Triller or whatever thing he’s talking about.
He doesn’t have that money. He’s trolling the whole world saying all these big-money deals.”
Masvidal further explained that, at this point in his career, he only want to fight the best in the world. Observant fight fans will note that he needs to win against the best, following consecutive defeats to reigning welterweight champ Kamaru Usman.
“Right now, where I’m at in my career, I’m going to fight the world’s best fighters. Right? We can both agree that in the f*cking UFC and at 170 pounds, there’s a lot of good guys that I can f*cking beat up.
And I’m going to get the most money for it, my brother. And when I am done beating up world-class fighters, this bum will still be around.
I’ll go and collect a quick paycheck for hitting him so f*cking hard in front of the whole world. Those type of options will always be there. But right now, when I’m in my prime, I’ve got to do things that people in their primes do — and that’s fight the world’s best. He’s not in that conversation.”
Masvidal may well enter the world of boxing in future, but for now MMA is his home and he’s sticking to it. Would you want to see Masvidal vs Paul in future? Let us know in the comments.
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