Bellator featherweight champion is enjoying YouTuber Jake Paul’s ongoing feud with UFC president Dana White. AJ McKee told MMAFighting that he’s thoroughly entertained by Paul’s antics, including the inclusion of his own father, Antonio McKee, in the video for a diss track aimed squarely at White.
“It’s comical. It’s f*cking entertainment to me. Nobody challenges Dana, so for him to challenge Dana like that, I find it entertaining.
AJ McKee “Entertained” By Jake Paul vs Dana White Feud
It was a little uncomfortable for me to have my father in that video, in that. It’s no hard feelings. At the end of the day, it’s business. This is entertainment.”
AJ McKee is taking Jake Paul’s other antics – namely, his campaign for improved fighter pay – at face value. Mckee says it’s a mark of how unprofessional MMA still is, particularly when compared to boxing, that there’s no fighter union to advocate for these things.
“The kid’s doing good sh*t. At the end of the day whether you hate him or you like him, he’s entertaining and people are talking about him. Dana doesn’t mention f*cking anyone outside the UFC but he mentions Jake Paul. Jake’s doing something right.
For me, it’s entertainment. I enjoyed it. I thought it was funny. The lyrics though, those aren’t that funny. It’s good. It’s entertaining. At the end of the day, I don’t know if Jake has intents on stepping into that cage — if he does, he knows where I’m at and he better come train with us. Outside of that, it’s entertaining.
I think personally, for my dad stepping into the video, the things he was speaking on in the video, my dad’s been talking about fighter’s unions and unifying belts and just more things for the fighters.
That’s where I can say boxing is a full-bred sport versus mixed martial arts, I kind of see it as entertainment but it’s becoming a sport to a different level.
For me, I love what he’s doing. He’s bringing a lot of attention to the sport. I guess some people would say it’s bad attention, but I say it’s good attention because of the flaws and the things that he’s pointing out. I don’t like to speak upon things too much in the fight world because I want to give it opportunity to actually grow.”
Do you agree with AJ McKee about Jake Paul, or is this just more self-promotion from YouTube’s resident problem child? Let us know in the comments.
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