Ex-UFC fighter challenges Jake Paul to MMA fight debut Instagram\/JakePaulA former UFC fighter is challenging Jake Paul to step up and fight him in his MMA debut if Nate Diaz isn\u2019t able to take him on later this year. Jake Paul made waves as a boxer going undefeated in his career with victories against UFC champions such as Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley and now he\u2019s ready to make the jump to MMA. On January 5, \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 signed a deal to the PFL and set his sights on battling Nate Diaz in his long-awaited debut in a brand new combat sport. However, not everyone is convinced that Diaz will be able to join PFL this year. In a recent interview, former UFC fighter Kevin Lee issued a challenge to the influencer to step up and battle him. Former UFC fighter Kevin Lee wants to fight Jake Paul in MMA Speaking with TMZ, Kevin Lee explained how there are some big issues with Jake Paul wanting to take on Nate Diaz and how he\u2019d be a better opponent if the YouTuber wants to get his feet wet. \u201cNate Diaz is a good fight. I\u2019ll give him that, but there are two problems with the Nate Diaz fight. Nate Diaz ain\u2019t going to take that fight, let\u2019s be honest. They\u2019re going to go back and forth for months and years,\u201d Lee said, noting how negotiations with PFL may be slow. \u201cIf he makes the Nate Diaz fight happen, great but I don\u2019t see that happening within the next year or so and if he wants to fight this year then he should fight somebody that\u2019s on the roster and already making it happen,\u201d he added, further stating that he was close to signing himself. According to Lee, he would be Jake Paul\u2019s best choice for an opponent, hyping himself up as someone who has fought six world champions in his career so far. \u201cLet\u2019s make it happen. Be a man. Put your money where your mouth is. Step in there. You might lose. You\u2019re going to lose. It\u2019s going to happen but I\u2019m gonna shake your hand afterward and let\u2019s make some money,\u201d he urged. \u201cLet\u2019s fight. Let\u2019s see what you do.\u201d So far, Paul hasn\u2019t responded to Lee\u2019s challenge, but so far it\u2019s looking like the influencer will have no shortage of possible opponents between him, Diaz, and even a possible rematch against Ben Askren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ex-UFC fighter challenges Jake Paul to MMA fight debut Instagram\/JakePaulA former UFC fighter is challenging Jake Paul to step up and fight him in his MMA debut if Nate Diaz isn\u2019t able to take him on later this year. Jake Paul made waves as a boxer going undefeated in his career with victories against UFC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}