Logan Paul and Sage Northcutt\u2019s UFC fight just took a step closer to happening YouTuber Logan Paul responded to MMA fighter Sage Northcutt\u2019s interest in fighting the social media star in an interview with TMZ Sports. The interviewer asked Paul if he would be able to \u201chandle\u201d Northcutt, to which Paul expressed a tentative interest in a match. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019d handle Sage Northcutt,\u201d he responded in good humor. \u201cSage Northcutt is an animal.\u201d While he acknowledged the fighter\u2019s prowess, he also entertained the idea of a possible bout \u2013 but not without recognizing his own progress. \u201cI mean, it\u2019d be fun,\u201d he said of the possibility. \u201cI would have to train my ass off. I\u2019m not gonna hop in there like this.\u201d While Paul has been credited by fighters like Brendan Schaub for his physique and business sense, others have criticized his desire to fight in the octagon. UFC President Dana White stated that he should go to jail if he let Paul into the org, saying that he would \u201cget murdered\u201d in a legitimate UFC fight. However, Northcutt appears to think the possibility could lead to good rep for both of them, and isn\u2019t underestimating the YouTuber despite his recent leap into the sport. \u201cI never underestimate a guy who believes in himself,\u201d Northcutt said in another interview with TMZ Sports. \u201cI would like to see myself fight him.\u201d Northcutt is a professional MMA fighter in the UFC, and is currently 11-2 in his career at only 22 years old \u2013 a year younger than Paul. While no official announcement has been made regarding a fight between the two, Paul\u2019s response could point to a possible match in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul and Sage Northcutt\u2019s UFC fight just took a step closer to happening YouTuber Logan Paul responded to MMA fighter Sage Northcutt\u2019s interest in fighting the social media star in an interview with TMZ Sports. The interviewer asked Paul if he would be able to \u201chandle\u201d Northcutt, to which Paul expressed a tentative interest […]<\/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-53789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53789","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=53789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53789\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}