JAKE PAUL has generously donated five grand to a Starbucks barista to help her UFC dream.
The YouTube star, 24, moved to help Sarah Alpar after discovering she had created a GoFundMe page to cover her training costs for her next fight.
The bantamweight will fight for the second time in UFC in September.
She said she is and says she is putting in over 65 hours a week to prepare for it but needs help to pay for her camp.
Alpar’s public plea for help with fight expenses and claim that she would have to pull out of it without financial backing was met by Paul.
He tweeted: “Imagine a rookie in the NBA had to start a GoFundMe to play.
“I let Sarah Alpar know she has my support and contribution, It’s my honor and privilege to help fellow fighters in anyway I can.”
Alpar’s plea said: “What this does, is it helps me to travel, take care of gym fees, to be able to afford food, anything.
“You guys, I’m ready, I’m working, I’m going to school, I’m training, I’m putting in at least over 65 hours a week in these things, and I want to make this happen.
“I want to go so far in the UFC and I can’t do it without you and my ‘Too Sweet Tribe.’
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“If you want to donate even $5, $10, anything is so helpful in order for me to be able to focus on training and to be able to win my next fight.
“I want to thank everybody again for the donations that have already been put in.
“I would like to make a goal of $1000 by July 1. Let’s make this happen, you guys. I need your help, I need your help.”
Alpar battles Erin Blanchfield in her next outing, which is on the undercard of Anthony Smith’s fight with Ryan Spann on September 18.
Paul, who was named in the top three richest fighters for the past year, has previously blasted Dana White over UFC fighters’ pay as he took aim at the promoter online.
He posted: “Dana, you claimed you would bet $1 million on me losing.
“Set up Askren to train with Freddie Roach. Gave him full access to the UFCPI and he still got his ass handed to him.
“In my third fight, I made more money in total pay than any fighter in UFC history. Maybe it’s time to pay your fighters their fair share?
“No wonder they all want to get into boxing. Dana, you say you make the fights the fans want to see, so hurry up and make [Jon] Jones vs [Francis] Ngannou.
“Pay them their fair share. $10 million purse for each guy plus pay-per-view. Why are UFC fighters so underpaid versus boxers?
“Why did I make more in my third fight than all but two (Khabib and Conor) UFC fighters have in history. I know why.”
Meanwhile Paul has vowed to ‘eat up’ Tyron Woodley in two rounds as he claimed the UFC legend is ‘coming in a wounded soldier’.
The YouTube sensation faces Woodley in his fourth professional fight on August 28.
Paul, 24, is currently 3-0 as a pro, all by knockout, but has so far only beaten online rival ‘AnEsonGib’, ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 36, and retired UFC grappler Ben Askren, 36.
Woodley, 39, is a former UFC champion and made four defences of his belt from 2016-2018.
But after losing the title to Kamaru Usman, 34, in 2019, he has been beaten in his last four and departed the UFC.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
