UFC champ Israel Adesanya praises Jake Paul\u2019s fighting: \u201cHe wants to f**k dudes up\u201d Amanda Wescott\/SHOWTIME\/talksportUFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya revealed he is a big fan of Jake Paul and believes the YouTuber is taking his time in the boxing world very seriously. Jake Paul has taken the fight world by storm. With a professional record of 5-0, the boxer has secured impressive KOs against former MMA stars Ben Askren and Tyron Woodley. Despite his success, many have doubted The Problem Child\u2019s commitment to the sport, even has he has feuded with UFC President Dana White over fighter pay. That feud with Dana, however, seems to have been responsible for Israel Adesanya\u2019s lucrative UFC deal. Israel Adesanya supports Jake Paul In an interview with talkSPORT, the Nigerian voiced his approval of Paul pushing for better pay and even discussed his fighting style. \u201cI think Jake Paul was the right guy to [challenge Dana White] at the time. He was one of the guys to get this conversation going that Francis [Ngannou] jumped in,\u201d he said. \u201cJust because I got my new deal doesn\u2019t mean I just shut up about it. I\u2019m not wrong in saying I think everyone should be getting paid equally for their work. I get paid quite nicely and I\u2019m still greedy. This is the game we\u2019re in, in prizefighting,\u201d The Last Stylebender explained. Adesanya claims Jake Paul is \u201creally serious\u201d about fighting According to Adesanya, he has a nice friendship with Jake Paul that began once he realized the YouTuber was a big fan of his. Adesanya revealed he went to Paul\u2019s house after his victory against Nate Robinson and had some \u201cdeep conversations\u201d and realized he wasn\u2019t in the fight game just for \u201cclout.\u201d \u201cBecause if you don\u2019t know him, you just kind of fall into that \u2018ah, this snobby little kid we think he\u2019s just doing this for attention, for likes or clout, but you talk to him and it\u2019s like \u2018yo, he\u2019s really serious,\u2019\u201d Adesanya added. \u201cHe really wants to f**k dudes up. He\u2019s already doing that, look at his last fight. He knocked out Woodley crazy.\u201d It\u2019s not yet clear who Jake Paul will be fighting next or even if it will be in a boxing ring. The 25-year-old has expressed a desire to compete in MMA and has no shortage of possible opponents with everyone from Jorge Masvidal to Tommy Fury wanting a piece of the YouTuber. Regardless of the opponent though, it seems like Paul will have Adesanya in his corner, even if it\u2019s just figuratively speaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC champ Israel Adesanya praises Jake Paul\u2019s fighting: \u201cHe wants to f**k dudes up\u201d Amanda Wescott\/SHOWTIME\/talksportUFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya revealed he is a big fan of Jake Paul and believes the YouTuber is taking his time in the boxing world very seriously. Jake Paul has taken the fight world by storm. With a professional […]<\/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-63084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63084","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=63084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}