{"id":53412,"date":"2025-01-28T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ksi-wants-to-take-on-conor-mcgregor-after-jake-paul-fight-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T18:07:09","slug":"ksi-wants-to-take-on-conor-mcgregor-after-jake-paul-fight-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/ksi-wants-to-take-on-conor-mcgregor-after-jake-paul-fight-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI wants to take on Conor McGregor after Jake Paul fight &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KSI wants to take on Conor McGregor after Jake Paul fight YouTube: ESPN MMA, JJ OlatunjiYouTube star KSI says he\u2019s interested in taking on Conor McGregor after his viral bout with Jake Paul comes to pass \u2014 and he\u2019s confident that he can make the match happen. KSI is currently slated to face off against FaZe Temperrr on January 14, marking his third bout since coming back to boxing in 2022. Although it\u2019s unclear how many fights KSI might take in 2023, fans are itching for him to finally face off with longtime rival Jake Paul at some point this year. The two have been feuding ever since KSI vs Logan Paul back in 2018, and appeared to agree to a 2023 bout last year. However, both parties have yet to sign a contract \u2014 and based on their latest explosive conversation, it doesn\u2019t look like things are taking off anytime soon. KSI open to fight Conor McGregor after Jake Paul bout That being said, KSI still has plans for the fight to happen\u2026 and he even has ideas of what could take place after that viral bout comes to fruition. In an interview on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, KSI brought up his viral Twitter feud with UFC legend Conor McGregor, who notably called the YouTuber a \u201clittle nerd.\u201d \u201cI was thinking like, after I flatline Jake, how cool would it be to have a go at the king, innit?\u201d he laughed. \u201cIs it possible?\u201d Helwani asked. \u201cWith me, I believe in myself so much, I feel like I can take on anyone within reason,\u201d KSI answered. \u201cYou never know.\u201d (Topic begins at 39:50) KSI went on to say that he was actually \u201cgassed\u201d about McGregor acknowledging him on social media and wasn\u2019t bothered by his \u201clittle nerd\u201d comment. This isn\u2019t the first time KSI has spoken out about a possible fight with The Notorious One, either; in fact, the YouTuber claimed he wanted a \u201csuper fight\u201d against McGregor in 2022, similarly saying he\u2019d want the bout to happen after he takes on Jake Paul. For now, Paul vs KSI is still up in the air as the two fighters continue to trade verbal spars over social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KSI wants to take on Conor McGregor after Jake Paul fight YouTube: ESPN MMA, JJ OlatunjiYouTube star KSI says he\u2019s interested in taking on Conor McGregor after his viral bout with Jake Paul comes to pass \u2014 and he\u2019s confident that he can make the match happen. KSI is currently slated to face off against [&hellip;]<\/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-53412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53412","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=53412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}