Jake Paul called out by ex-UFC champ amid MMA switch: \u201cStop fighting little dudes\u201d YouTube: Jake PaulJake Paul has been called out by former UFC champion Luke Rockhold as the YouTuber-turned-boxer has started to focus on MMA a little more. While his focus has, primarily, been on boxing over the last few years, Jake Paul hasn\u2019t been shy in making it known that he wants to get involved with Mixed Martial Arts. The YouTube star, who has a background in amateur wrestling, has fought plenty of MMA fighters inside the boxing ring, but he\u2019s finally penned a deal to make his MMA debut. He\u2019ll be joining the ranks of PFL and taking part in their new Super Fights division. Jake already has his eye on an opponent for that, calling out Nate Diaz for a two-fight deal where they fight in the boxing ring before stepping into the MMA cage. However, former UFC champion Luke Rockhold is willing to step up. Luke Rockhold calls out Jake Paul for MMA fight The former UFC middleweight, who claimed the title off Chris Weidman back in 2015, was quizzed about Jake\u2019s move into MMA by TMZ Sports, and he urged him to take on someone his own size. \u201cStop trying to fight little dudes, man. You\u2019re a middleweight, if you want to fight a middleweight, I mean hey, I got hands, we could do anything we want,\u201d Rockhold said. \u201cI don\u2019t care, I could beat that guy in my sleep.\u201d Rockhold dismissed Jake\u2019s claim that he\u2019s trying to make the best fights now moving into MMA, as he again said: \u201cFight people your own fucking weight. Straight up. And champions, a real contender, someone who could put you on your ass.\u201d Timestamp of 1:12 Diaz\u2019s last fight was at welterweight, which is around 50 lbs lower than Jake usually boxes at. So, if the pair were to fight, it\u2019d be the MMA fighter who\u2019d be bulking up. It remains to be seen if Jake will take Rockhold\u2019s challenge, but the ex-UFC star is free to do what he wants now he\u2019s no longer under contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul called out by ex-UFC champ amid MMA switch: \u201cStop fighting little dudes\u201d YouTube: Jake PaulJake Paul has been called out by former UFC champion Luke Rockhold as the YouTuber-turned-boxer has started to focus on MMA a little more. While his focus has, primarily, been on boxing over the last few years, Jake Paul […]<\/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-51101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51101","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=51101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}