Jake Paul agrees to fight Sean O\u2019Malley to \u201csave\u201d UFC 303 amid McGregor rumors Associated Press\/Instagram\/JakePaulJake Paul has accepted UFC Bantamweight Champion \u2018Suga\u2019 Sean O\u2019Malley\u2019s challenge to fight the boxer in an MMA bout and \u201csave\u201d UFC 303. UFC 303 has been under intense scrutiny leading up to the June 29 event, with rumors circulating that the big match between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler won\u2019t happen. These claims first emerged when a press conference for the pay-per-view in Dublin was suddenly postponed \u2013 and while the fight was never off the table, reports suggest the UFC is looking for a new option. Ariel Helwani claims that the bout is \u201cvery much in limbo,\u201d and the UFC are either looking for someone else to battle Chandler or book a whole new fight. As the rumors swirled, Sean O\u2019Malley threw his hat into the octagon by tweeting, \u201cI\u2019ll fight Jake Paul to save UFC 303.\u201d \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 was quick to respond and accepted the challenge, since he\u2019s already looking for a new dance partner after his planned battle against Mike Tyson was delayed until November. \u201cMMA fight before Tyson,\u201d he responded, tagging rival MMA company PFL. He followed this up by warning Sean that he has what it takes to beat him. \u201c100% will kill O\u2019Malley in MMA. He\u2019s a small man,\u201d he fired back. \u201cPFL vs UFC June 29th.\u201d Jake Paul was scheduled to make his MMA debut in 2024, but his plans seem to have been thrown into limbo given the Mike Tyson situation. It\u2019s still not clear what the UFC\u2019s plans are for UFC 303 and if the bout will go ahead, leaving MMA fans waiting for more information. We\u2019ll have to see if anything comes of this latest exchange, or if it\u2019s all just trash talk between the two popular fighters. In any case, expect to learn more as UFC 303 fast approaches and if \u2018The Notorious One\u2019 actually ends up fighting Chandler in what has been one of the wildest build-ups to any fight in quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul agrees to fight Sean O\u2019Malley to \u201csave\u201d UFC 303 amid McGregor rumors Associated Press\/Instagram\/JakePaulJake Paul has accepted UFC Bantamweight Champion \u2018Suga\u2019 Sean O\u2019Malley\u2019s challenge to fight the boxer in an MMA bout and \u201csave\u201d UFC 303. UFC 303 has been under intense scrutiny leading up to the June 29 event, with rumors circulating […]<\/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-51038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51038","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=51038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}