UFC legend Michael Bisping accepts Jake Paul fight offer, but there\u2019s a catch YouTube: Michael Bisping\/Instagram: Jake PaulUFC legend Michael Bisping is happy to fight Jake Paul in a boxing match, but wants to do it on his terms \u2013 which includes giving him a few months to get back in the gym. After a brief hiatus from strapping on the gloves, Jake Paul will be returning to the boxing ring in August. The 25-year-old, who is currently undefeated, wants an opponent who can match him when it comes to name value and pay-per-view buys. As such, he\u2019s laid out a \u2018hit list\u2019 of opponents who would fit the bill for his return fight, and that includes Floyd \u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, and even UFC icon Michael Bisping. The Count, who last fought in the Octagon back in 2017, has been open to Jake\u2019s advances in the past, and the pair have traded plenty of trash talk. However, if he\u2019s going to switch to boxing, he\u2019d need to do it on his terms. Bisping sniped back at Jake\u2019s \u2018hit list\u2019 on Twitter, but dove further into things in an April 16 video, where he once again registered his interest in fighting the YouTuber-turned-boxer. \u201cDo I want to fight Jake Paul? Listen, I had a great career, I\u2019m very happy with what I accomplished. I\u2019m happily retired. I\u2019m very, very happily retired, but I do miss the thrill of competition. And I don\u2019t see Jake Paul as necessarily a threat,\u201d Bisping, noting that his long-standing eye injury is still a hurdle to overcome for him to return. \u201cJake Paul, beating you up sounds like fun. Of course, you are a big star. And God bless, well done to you. I\u2019m not hating. You\u2019ve done great things, you\u2019re earning a lot of money, you\u2019re a big star, you\u2019re getting a lot of pay-per-views. And so for that reason, I probably would. I probably would.\u201d The UFC legend added that he\u2019s had offers from Jake before, but a fight didn\u2019t materialize between the pair. Timestamp of 5:15 The Brit added that he would \u201coblige\u201d Jake\u2019s fight offer, but he\u2019d need time to lose a bit of weight first. \u201cIt sounds like fun. It gives me a reason to train, to get in shape. Give me a few months to lose a couple of pounds, and let\u2019s go, baby. No problem,\u201d he concluded. As noted, Bisping has been open to fight Jake before, but would need a commission that is willing to sign off on him fighting with his injury history. So, who knows if he\u2019ll be Jake\u2019s opponent in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC legend Michael Bisping accepts Jake Paul fight offer, but there\u2019s a catch YouTube: Michael Bisping\/Instagram: Jake PaulUFC legend Michael Bisping is happy to fight Jake Paul in a boxing match, but wants to do it on his terms \u2013 which includes giving him a few months to get back in the gym. After a […]<\/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-63103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63103","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=63103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}