PFL boss reveals Jake Paul\u2019s MMA debut will be against a \u201ctop\u201d fighter Triller Fight ClubJake Paul could be making his MMA debut sooner than fans think, and PFL CEO Peter Murray already knows who \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 will be fighting. Influencer Jake Paul has taken the combat sports world by storm with boxing victories against former UFC champions Tyron Woodley and Anderson Silva. Now, he\u2019s looking to move onto the world of MMA. 2023 kicked off with a bang, with Paul signing to the PFL and issuing a major fight challenge to Nate Diaz in a clash that fans have been dying to see. The question now is, when will Jake make his debut, and who will he battle in his first mixed martial arts scrap? According to the PFL boss, Jake won\u2019t be getting any easy foe to kick off the next chapter of his career. Jake Paul MMA debut teased for 2023 against \u201ctop athlete\u201d Speaking with DAZN, Peter Murray praised Jake Paul as a good promoter and advocate for combat sports, calling his signing a \u201cwinning partnership.\u201d Paul will be fighting in the org\u2019s special pay-per-view Super Fight division, and it seems like his first opponent will be a big one. When asked about when he will be fighting and who he\u2019ll be up against, Murray hinted that the YouTuber\u2019s first bout could be this year. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you when his debut will be in MMA with the PFL, but what I can tell you is that it\u2019s possible that it could be in 2023,\u201d he said. As for who his opponent will be, the CEO teased that they will be a \u201cmajor athlete in MMA\u201d and that Jake will only be battling \u201cthe top athletes in MMA.\u201d \u201cWe are excited to see that, I know fans are excited for more details and those details will be forthcoming,\u201d he added. It seems like we won\u2019t have long to wait until we learn more info, but so far, there have been no shortage of possible foes, with ex-UFC fighters Kevin Lee and Ben Askren both itching to make the influencer submit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PFL boss reveals Jake Paul\u2019s MMA debut will be against a \u201ctop\u201d fighter Triller Fight ClubJake Paul could be making his MMA debut sooner than fans think, and PFL CEO Peter Murray already knows who \u2018The Problem Child\u2019 will be fighting. Influencer Jake Paul has taken the combat sports world by storm with boxing victories […]<\/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-57637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57637","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=57637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}