YouTube sensation Jake Paul recently revealed that he is “banned from UFC events.”
Jake Paul opens up on the matter
During his podcast, ‘The Problem Child’ claimed that he is banned from Dana White’s promotion.
“Dana [White] banned me after [the fans] were shouting, ‘F— Jake Paul’ in a stadium, and I tried to go to a different fight, and all of our tickets were declined, banned,” he said on his podcast.
Paul also said that White’s son said he “f—ing hate[s]” him and “used racial slurs against” him.
It has been noted that Paul and White have a recent history of beef. The social media icon has been critical of what White pays his fighters, while White doesn’t take Paul very seriously as a fighter.
Paul is now set to face the former UFC middleweight champion and combat sports icon, Anderson Silva, on October 29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The card airs on Showtime pay-per-view. Paul and Silva recently did a two-city media tour where they talked up the bout and engaged in pre-fight faceoffs. While he had an unsuccessful attempt at making a fight against Tommy Fury, Paul is now eyeing for an elder member of the family. In a recent social media post, ‘The Problem Child’ issued a rather attention-grabbing callout to two-time heavyweight champion Tyson Fury as well.
He has racked up wins over former MMA champions Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren. Paul attempted to turn into a public desire to fight a “real boxer,” with scheduled bouts against Tommy Fury and Hasim Rakhman Jr. Neither came to fruition, so Paul went to a fight against an MMA legend in Silva.
