UFC legend Demetrious Johnson explains why Jake Paul will beat Ben Askren Instagram: Mighty\/Jake PaulMixed martial arts legend Demetrious \u2018Mighty Mouse\u2019 Johnson has given his thoughts on the upcoming Jake Paul and Ben Askren fight, and believes the YouTuber has the knockout power to take down his former UFC alum. YouTubers have been stepping into the boxing ring for years in order to settle their beefs, but, the Paul brothers have gone above and beyond. The pair of them have had professional bouts, with Jake Paul moving away from fighting fellow content creators and focusing on actual athletes. He delivered a knockout against former NBA journeyman Nate Robinson that was meme\u2019d around the world, and now he\u2019s preparing to fight former UFC fighter Ben Askren. Plenty of predictions have been made about the fight, with Joe Rogan backing Paul and UFC boss Dana White betting $1 million on Askren. Now, UFC icon Demetrious \u2018Mighty Mouse\u2019 Johnson has given his take on things and while he believes it\u2019s an entertaining prospect, he thinks Paul is dangerous in the ring. \u201cWhen Jake Paul and Ben Askren fight I think it\u2019s gonna be a great fight. I think Jake is gonna give it to him,\u201d the former UFC champion told Dexerto. \u201cI feel like he\u2019s more crisper on the fight, even though he\u2019s never been a champion. He\u2019s displayed he has knockout power. I\u2019m looking forward to the fight, I\u2019m excited about it.\u201d Like many, Mighty Mouse noted that getting people like the Paul\u2019s involvement in boxing is a good thing, given how many eyes it puts on the sport. \u201cAt the end of the day, you know, he\u2019s probably selling more PPVs than some of the champions around the world. At the end of the day, it\u2019s good for the sport,\u201d he said. Touching further on Askren\u2019s involvement, the Flyweight superstar said it\u2019s a \u201cfun fight\u201d for him to get involved with and make some money from as he only has to focus on striking, not multiple disciplines. \u201cHe\u2019s just got done being retired, he had a shot at the UFC. S**t, why not box? Why not box a YouTube star. He\u2019s displayed he can be dangerous, but he\u2019s not going to have to worry about a flying knee to his face,\u201d he said. While plenty are backing Paul, the final result will come in the ring on April 17, and it remains to be seen if he\u2019ll live up to the pre-fight predictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC legend Demetrious Johnson explains why Jake Paul will beat Ben Askren Instagram: Mighty\/Jake PaulMixed martial arts legend Demetrious \u2018Mighty Mouse\u2019 Johnson has given his thoughts on the upcoming Jake Paul and Ben Askren fight, and believes the YouTuber has the knockout power to take down his former UFC alum. YouTubers have been stepping into […]<\/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-63099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63099","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=63099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}