Logan Paul\u2019s MMA debut could happen soon, but not in the UFC YouTube: Showtime SportsBellator boss Scott Coker is open to having Logan Paul make his MMA debut with his promotion, suggesting there might be a few \u201cinteresting\u201d fights for the YouTuber there. Logan Paul and his brother Jake have helped take YouTube boxing to the next level, stepping away from fighting fellow content creators and fighting actual athletes. Logan even went the distance with Floyd \u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather in their controversial exhibition bout. The pair have also made it known that they\u2019d consider swapping boxing\u2019s squared circle for the octagon and get involved with some mixed martial arts. While UFC boss Dana White has constantly railed against the Paul\u2019s fights, saying he wouldn\u2019t be open to working with Jake, there are some MMA promotions that would welcome them with open arms, and have already spoken to Logan about it. That\u2019s right, if Logan wants to get involved with MMA and the UFC won\u2019t take him, well, Bellator will. Speaking to MMA Junkie, Bellator boss Scott Coker said he\u2019d \u201cabsolutely\u201d have Logan fight. \u201cListen, these kids are athletic,\u201d Coker told MMA Junkie. \u201cThey\u2019re getting better, but they have a good striking game with their hands. They have a good wrestling background and started learning jujitsu. We\u2019d put them in there with people of their record and their experience level. \u201cI think we\u2019d have some really interesting fights. Let me tell you, everybody and their uncle will want to fight these guys. I\u2019ve already been getting calls all day.\u201d Coker said that while the Paul\u2019s have signed up to fights on Showtime \u2013 Bellator\u2019s partner \u2013 they aren\u2019t signed up for MMA just yet. \u201cThey bring a lot of hype. They bring a lot to the game, and they create a lot of excitement,\u201d Coker added. \u201cLook at what they did for that exhibition with Floyd. It created a lot of excitement.\u201d Prior to becoming a social media phenomenon, Logan was a talented wrestler, so already has some base for MMA. Whether he actually gets involved, though, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Logan Paul\u2019s MMA debut could happen soon, but not in the UFC YouTube: Showtime SportsBellator boss Scott Coker is open to having Logan Paul make his MMA debut with his promotion, suggesting there might be a few \u201cinteresting\u201d fights for the YouTuber there. Logan Paul and his brother Jake have helped take YouTube boxing to […]<\/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-54386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54386","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=54386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}