Jake Paul claims Conor McGregor is \u201cthe most underpaid fighter\u201d amid Dana White feud YouTube: Jake Paul \/ Instagram: thenotoriousmmaYouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has claimed that Conor McGregor is \u201cthe most underpaid fighter in history\u201d amid his feud with UFC president Dana White over fighters\u2019 pay. Over the past year particularly, YouTuber Jake Paul, who has over 20 million subscribers on his channel, has turned his attention primarily to boxing, where he\u2019s been stepping into the ring with some big pro-fighters. One thing about the industry he has been vocal about is the issue of fighters not getting paid what they\u2019re worth by big organizations like UFC. This has led him to enter into a back-and-forth feud with UFC president Dana White. After White disputed the PPV numbers for Paul\u2019s fight with Ben Askren, the YouTuber hit back by saying \u201cmaybe it\u2019s time to pay your fighters their fair share.\u201d After Showtime Sports executive Stephen Espinoza appeared in an interview talking about Paul\u2019s stance, the influencer explained why they\u2019ve teamed up. \u201cI partnered with @stephenespinoza bc he created the biggest PPVs in history & made sure fighters got majority of the revenue..not 10% like UFC does,\u201d he said. The social media star then went on to claim: \u201cMcGregor is the most underpaid fighter in history (what he gets paid to fight versus the value he has brought to UFC, ESPN and MMA)\u201d I partnered with @stephenespinoza bc he created the biggest PPVs in history & made sure fighters got majority of the revenue..not 10% like UFC does. McGregor is the most underpaid fighter in history (what he gets paid to fight versus the value he has brought to UFC, ESPN and MMA) https:\/\/t.co\/tPb1wlyYQz \u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August 14, 2021 While not everyone agreed with the YouTuber\u2019s take, some defended him in the replies by pointing out the number of fighters that are in difficult living situations as a result of the amount of pay they receive. Read More: Was Dream in Bella Poarch\u2019s new music video? – Jake has previously revealed that he is in talks with Conor McGregor\u2019s team about a future fight, and with him looking serious about taking on the huge name, many will be eager to see whether it does actually go ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul claims Conor McGregor is \u201cthe most underpaid fighter\u201d amid Dana White feud YouTube: Jake Paul \/ Instagram: thenotoriousmmaYouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has claimed that Conor McGregor is \u201cthe most underpaid fighter in history\u201d amid his feud with UFC president Dana White over fighters\u2019 pay. Over the past year particularly, YouTuber Jake Paul, who has […]<\/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-51156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51156","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=51156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}