Jake Paul signs deal for MMA debut with PFL and makes Nate Diaz fight offer Instagram: Jake PaulJake Paul has inked a deal with the PFL \u2013 Professional Fighters League \u2013 to finally step into the world of Mixed Martial Arts, as he\u2019s invested in the UFC competitor and is actually going to fight. Ever since Jake Paul got involved with boxing, he\u2019s also had ties to the world of Mixed Martial Arts \u2013 be that through fighting former UFC stars or his trash talks with the likes of Dana White and Conor McGregor. A swap from boxing to MMA has constantly been referenced by \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 as he\u2019s had open invites from the likes of Bellator. Though, he\u2019s always spoken about his desire to fight in the UFC \u2013 even offering to retire from boxing for a shot. Seeing as his ongoing feud with Dana White makes that pretty unlikely to happen, Jake will finally be making his MMA debut with the PFL \u2013 Professional Fighters League \u2013 as he\u2019s signed up as an investor. Jake Paul to make MMA debut in PFL & calls out Nate Diaz That\u2019s right, as per the New York Times, the YouTuber-turned-boxer has invested in the PFL and signed a \u201cmultiyear deal\u201d with the UFC competitor. As per their report, Jake will fight at least once in the PFL in 2023, joining their new \u2018Super Fight\u2019 division for pay-per-view events. This division will see fighters will earn at least 50% of the pay-per-view revenue, which is something Jake has been advocating for from the UFC. He is the fighter signed to this division, according to Jake. On top of that, he\u2019ll also be the \u2018Head of Fighter Advocacy\u201d with the PFL. \u201cI\u2019m going to use my platform to market PFL fighters and introduce them to my fans worldwide,\u201d the YouTuber said. \u201cI, personally, will be deeply involved in making sure the PFL is the best place in the world for fighters.\u201d In one of his first moves, Jake called out Nate Diaz for a \u201ctwo fight\u201d deal where they\u2019d first square off in the boxing ring before getting into the PFL cage around six months later. \u201cIf that\u2019s not balls, then I don\u2019t know what is,\u201d Jake said. \u201cNate Diaz, I\u2019m down to fight you in your own damn sport. It\u2019s a two-fight deal, let\u2019s make it happen.\u201d Just like his brother Logan, Jake does have a background in amateur wrestling, and competed in high school. He has also dropped training videos of himself while kickboxing in recent times. The 26-year-old is reportedly planning to return to boxing in February, so his cage fighting debut may have to wait a little while yet. Though, there will plenty of excitement around it when it finally happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jake Paul signs deal for MMA debut with PFL and makes Nate Diaz fight offer Instagram: Jake PaulJake Paul has inked a deal with the PFL \u2013 Professional Fighters League \u2013 to finally step into the world of Mixed Martial Arts, as he\u2019s invested in the UFC competitor and is actually going to fight. Ever […]<\/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-51545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51545","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=51545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}