Jake Paul responds after Dana White bets $1 million on Ben Askren YouTube: Jake Paul \/ Hotboxin’ With Mike TysonYouTuber-turned-pro boxer Jake Paul is set to throw down with former UFC star Ben Askren on April 17 \u2014 but UFC president Dana White isn\u2019t too optimistic about the influencer\u2019s chances. It\u2019s no secret that Jake Paul is vying to transform himself from a full-time content creator into a professional fighter; ever since his victory over fellow YouTuber Deji in 2018, the youngest Paul brother has been itching to get back inside the ring again and again. Since then, Jake has defeated the likes of YouTuber AnEsonGib and even former NBA athlete Nate Robinson, and is now on track to fight against mixed martial artist Ben Askren in just a month\u2019s time. This will be Jake\u2019s first-ever official bout against a \u201ctrue\u201d veteran fighter, and it\u2019s no surprise that all eyes are on Jake to see if he can hold up against Askren\u2019s experience and power \u2014 but there\u2019s one major name in the fighting world who isn\u2019t convinced the YouTuber will come out on top. It\u2019s official\ud83d\ude08. April 17th. @triller Fight Club. pic.twitter.com\/eYcaTOJhlt \u2014 Jake Paul (@jakepaul) January 26, 2021 Dana White, President of the UFC, spoke on the upcoming bout in Mike Tyson\u2019s Hotboxin\u2019 podcast with pro boxer Zab Judah, stating that he will go so far as to bet a whopping $1 million on Askren winning. \u201cLet\u2019s be honest \u2014 Jake Paul isn\u2019t a ****ing boxer,\u201d White commented \u2014 a statement that both Tyson and Judah didn\u2019t seem to agree with. \u201cHe\u2019s a great fighter!\u201d Tyson interjected. \u201cHe\u2019s been working hard!\u201d Judah added. \u201cYou\u2019re saying he can fight?\u201d Dana asked. \u201cI\u2019ll bet a million dollars that he loses this ****ing fight.\u201d Needless to say, it appears that Paul was ecstatic about this particular turn of events. The YouTuber reacted to White\u2019s comment in a video shortly after the podcast went live, and couldn\u2019t contain his excitement over the proposition \u2014 even going so far as to double White\u2019s bet. This isn\u2019t the first time Paul has put big money on his own chances; the star also put up a shocking $50 million for a potential fight against Conor McGregor in December. No matter the outcome of his forthcoming bout, it\u2019s clear that Paul has no qualms about settling things in the ring\u2026 and no qualms about putting his money where his mouth is, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul responds after Dana White bets $1 million on Ben Askren YouTube: Jake Paul \/ Hotboxin’ With Mike TysonYouTuber-turned-pro boxer Jake Paul is set to throw down with former UFC star Ben Askren on April 17 \u2014 but UFC president Dana White isn\u2019t too optimistic about the influencer\u2019s chances. It\u2019s no secret that Jake […]<\/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-51429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429","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=51429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}