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Jake Paul Makes His Move To Improve UFC Fighter Pay

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Published 17:34 25 Jan 2022 GMT

Jake Paul Makes His Move To Improve UFC Fighter Pay

Paul has been arguing with UFC president Dana White over the amount of pay that fighters get and he's acted following Francis Ngannou's win.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Jake Paul has made his first steps in doing something about fighter pay in the UFC, following the reveal of Francis Ngannou's pay from UFC 270.


Paul has been in a running war of words with UFC president Dana White for some time and the YouTuber turned boxer even said he'd retire from the sport and have a fight inside the octagon.

That threat came under the proviso that White paid his fighters more money, with many of them trying to move the opposite way to Paul in order to earn more.

UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou is the latest fighter to suggest a switch in sport, wanting to take on Tyson Fury, and it's easy to see why when his payment for the win over Cyril Gane at the weekend was revealed.

On the back of that leaking, Paul claimed that he was going to do something about the situation and 'help' the UFC fighters, and he's now revealed what that is.

The 25-year-old took to Twitter to confirm that he's actually invested in UFC's parent company Endeavor and will attempt to fix things from the inside.

Ngannou's last fight on his contract was technically the title fight with Gane, but he also has a clause in his contract that means he has another fight to defend the belt.

He was asked not about his future inside the cage on Saturday night, despite the ongoing talks of a potential clash with Jon Jones, who found Saturday's fight boring, and was instead asked about boxing.

"Boxing is always in the back of my pocket," the Cameroonian told Joe Rogan following his points victory.

"It’s something I must do before the end of my career.

"It’s not like I have a lifetime here."

One thing that could delay Ngannou's move to boxing, or another fight in UFC, is the fact he has a knee injury that will likely require surgery.

The fighter confirmed his injury after the fight, saying, "It was pretty bad.

"I had a grade 3 MCL [tear], I have a damaged ACL. That was 25 days ago. I think so, [I’ll need surgery]."

Featured Image Credit: PA/Instagram

Topics: UFC, MMA, Jake Paul, Dana White, Boxing, Francis Ngannou

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Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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