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      UFC commentator Joe Rogan ‘can’t believe’ Logan Paul wants to fight Mike Tyson as he break down exhibition bout

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      JOE ROGAN ‘can’t believe’ Logan Paul wants to fight Mike Tyson – as the UFC commentator broke down the extraordinary fight. The YouTube sensation and boxing icon were rumoured to be in talks for an exhibition bout in February.
      Logan Paul is rumoured to be in talks to fight Mike TysonCredit: AFP
      Mike Tyson after his comeback bout with Roy Jones JrCredit: Getty
      It comes after Paul, 26, took Floyd Mayweather, 44, the distance in their exhibition bout over eight rounds in June, where no winner was declared.
      And Tyson, 55, came out of retirement for a similar spectacle against Roy Jones Jr, 52, last November, which ended a draw.
      Rogan said on his podcast: “The fact that Logan Paul wants to box him, it’s like wow.
      “I can’t believe they’re really going to do that. That kid’s going to get hit for sure.
      “Floyd was hitting him. Floyd has only taken a small amount of time off and he had those exhibition fights.
      “Floyd has been pretty active as a boxer, he fought Pacquaio recently and that Japanese kickboxing guy.

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      “He was just fighting guys like Conor McGregor that we knew Floyd was going to beat them, but he was still active.
      “Mike hadn’t been active forever. He got fat, but he’s a different kind of person. It’s going to be interesting to see what Logan can do to keep away from him.
      “The only thing Logan has on his side is youth.”
      Paul has boxed only three times before, firstly in a white collar bout against British online rival KSI, 28, which ended in a draw in 2018.
      But a year later, they turned professional and the American lost the rematch by scrappy split-decision.
      Only this year did Paul return, for the shock exhibition against Mayweather, who gave away TWO STONE.
      Meanwhile Tyson confirmed he will fight again with his second comeback bout set for February.
      Paul recently admitted tentative talks with Iron Mike had taken place in the past, but it was not a fight he was heavily considering.

      Although after seeing the reaction of fans, who tipped Tyson to demolish the man 29 YEARS his junior, the social media influencer is ready to prove doubters wrong.
      Paul told SecondsOut: “As of now there’s nothing – I mean, look we’ve been kind of talking about it, it’s been kind of possible for a little bit.
      “It’s been pinned. Then there’s rumours started circling, whatever we didn’t say anything and then it got confirmed that it wasn’t happening.
      “I was like reading the tweets and the social commentary and everyone was saying, ‘Tyson would f***ing kill Logan’.
      “So a fight that I initially hadn’t even considered, is now like people actually don’t think that I would win, this is actually offensive.
      “And I started getting upset and now I’m kind of considering it just to shut people the f*** up.
      “I find it absurd that people don’t think I can beat Mike Tyson.”
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      UFC supremo Dana White says rapper 50 Cent kick-started negotiations for Conor McGregor to fight Mayweather

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      RAPPER 50 Cent kick-started the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather to fight UFC legend Conor McGregor.The two mavericks met in a blockbuster crossover bout in August 2017, with Money Mayweather winning by 10th round stoppage.
      50 Cent kick-started the negotiations for Floyd Mayweather to fight Conor McGregorCredit: Getty – Contributor
      UFC boss Dana White helped promote the 2017 crossover eventCredit: USA TODAY Sports
      It marked an end to months of build-up and trash-talking between the pair, with the event gripping both fighting codes.
      But UFC president Dana White revealed a chance meeting with 50 Cent – a long-time friend of Mayweather’s – was the catalyst for the super-fight taking place.
      White told ESPN: “When the demand is there. I felt the demand for McGregor vs Mayweather, felt it, I knew it would be big, so we started talking.
      “I bumped into 50 Cent in New York, and he said, ‘Floyd wants to fight your boy.’ I said, ‘My boy who?’
      “He’s like, ‘The Irish kid.’ And I’m like, ‘He’ll kill him,’ because I’m thinking MMA.
      “He said, ‘We’ll box him.’ I said, ‘You guys are crazy.’
      “He said, ‘He’s serious. I’ll call him right now.’

      “And then that’s how it all really got started. And then everywhere I went, it was all anybody asked me about.
      “Then once I started to really feel it, that’s when I started to take it serious, and I made an offer.”
      After Mayweather beat McGregor on the Irishman’s boxing debut he officially retired from the sport.
      He returned at the end of 2018 for an exhibition bout against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo.
      Last year, the 44-year-old announced he is ‘coming out of retirement in 2020’ to work on a ‘spectacular event’ with White.
      UFC boss White revealed: “We both started talking. The easiest way to explain it to you is Floyd and I both feel that we add value to each other, and we’re going to figure something out.
      “Some things have to play out, and then I’m going to start talking to [Mayweather’s advisor Al] Haymon maybe this summer and then I’ll have something for Floyd in the fall.
      “We can do some crossover stuff here or we can do something in boxing.

      “Our last experience, Floyd was actually pretty easy to deal with. Haymon is incredible to deal with.
      “Floyd and I got a handshake deal at the basketball game, and we’ll get the rest figured out.”
      Mayweather recently refused to rule out a second fight against McGregor – but he has stated the bout wouldn’t take place in the Octagon.

      Mayweather claimed he is coming out of retirement to work with WhiteCredit: Splash News
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      Former UFC star Paige VanZant shares stunning thong bikini photo after wrestling session just weeks after AEW debut

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      PAIGE VANZANT provided fans with a thong bikini picture on Instagram after revealing a recent wrestling training session. The former UFC star this year launched her own X-rated fan site to rave success, but continues to post glam pictures on her social media.
      Paige VanZant provided fans with a thong bikini picture
      Paige VanZant has launched her own X-rated fan site
      The American is a former UFC fighter
      One recent one saw her dressed in a blue thong bikini, with the caption: “Wrestled today, didn’t take a picture.
      “Here’s some pics of me looking like a h** instead. Yolo.”
      VanZant, 27, left the UFC in 2020 and signed a shock deal with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship.
      But in her first two brutal fights without gloves on, she was beaten, first to Britain Hart then in a rematch against old UFC rival Rachael Ostovich.
      It has left her bare-knuckle boxing future in question, with rumours circling of a switch back to MMA.
      VanZant has also featured on pro wrestling promotion AEW lately, alongside her American Top Team training partners and gym owner Dan Lambert.

      But the American still has one fight left on her BKFC deal and will return to honour it in early 2022.
      Promoter Dave Feldman told BJPenn.com: “We are in talks with Paige and we will be bringing her back in early 2022.
      “It is heartbreaking for her to lose her first two fights, but she is putting her heart back into this thing.
      “We will work out a deal in the next week or so, and you will see Paige VanZant back in the BKFC ring.”
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      Jake Paul calls Conor McGregor a ‘drunk motherf***er’ and says fight with UFC star will happen within four years

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      JAKE PAUL called Conor McGregor a ‘drunk motherf***er’ and reckons they will fight within four years. The YouTube sensation has long called to fight McGregor and even had a $50million offer on the table in 2020.
      Jake Paul called Conor McGregor a ‘drunk motherf***er’Credit: Getty
      Conor McGregor has been relentlessly called out by Jake PaulCredit: @thenotoriousmma
      Despite that, McGregor has appeared uninterested in the lucrative boxing bout and has barley even acknowledged Paul, who is 4-0 as a boxer.
      But the social media influencer is adamant they will one day share the ring, especially as there is potentally a huge amount of money to be made.
      Paul said: “It’s very real, I think that fight happens in the next 36/48 months for sure. It makes financial sense.
      “I don’t have a message for Conor. At this point, he needs me more than I need him.
      “He’s a f***ing loser, drunk motherf***er running around, doing all this crazy s***.
      “The guy’s a mess, so like I said – he needs me more than I need him.”

      Paul’s first two wins were against online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and then ex-NBA star Nate Robinson, 37.
      But then he set his sights on rivalling the UFC, as he knocked out retired welterweight Ben Askren, 37, in April.
      He returned in August to beat ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 39, over eight rounds.
      Attempts to prize McGregor, beaten by Floyd Mayweather, 44, on his boxing debut in 2017, have proven unsuccessful.
      Instead, Paul fights Tommy Fury, 22, the brother to heavyweight champion Tyson, on December 18 in Florida.
      Meanwhile, McGregor is still in rehabilitation after suffering a leg break against Dustin Poirier, 32, in their trilogy bout in July.
      He underwent surgery in Los Angeles and recently returned to Ireland, where he has started training once more.
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      Conor McGregor offers boxing spar to UFC bantamweight Petr Yan in Ireland after vowing to ‘rip him up’ in online row

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      CONOR McGREGOR has offered UFC bantamweight Petr Yan a boxing spar in Ireland after vowing to ‘rip him up’. McGregor reacted to a fans’ ranking for best boxers in the UFC, which saw Yan first, Max Holloway second, himself third, Jose Aldo fourth and Nate Diaz fifth.
      Conor McGregor offered UFC bantamweight Petr Yan a boxing spar in IrelandCredit: @thenotoriousmma
      UFC bantamweight star Petr YanCredit: @petr_yan

      The Irishman, 33, who already who has wins over Holloway, 29, Aldo, 35, and Diaz, 36, proclaimed to be the best boxer in the UFC.
      He tweeted: “I outboxed 3 guys on this list! There’s no one even remotely close to my boxing in the ufc.
      “Even Dustin (Poirier) only got shots off post the leg damage. Everyone has been pucked around by me if we are going off boxing.
      “Yan is good tho, i like his style. I’d rip him up in that shell tho.”
      Yan, who is two weights below lightweight McGregor and weighs almost TWO STONE less, responded by calling out the former two-division champion.
      He replied: “Conor, we all know that you like to talk, but let’s get straight to the point if you really want to box or to fight.
      “I don’t care about the weight or the ruleset. I bet you won’t show up.”

      McGregor, who lost his 2017 boxing debut to Floyd Mayweather, 44, then offered Yan, 28, a sparring session.
      He responded: “Lol, no prob littler. We will set up a spar or something similar in the near future.
      “Will host you and your team in Ireland for one of our shows at Crumlin boxing club. We will figure it out then, kid.
      “God bless ya. @ParimatchGlobal , get this set.”
      McGregor has twice returned home to his first ever gym and competed in exhibition spars.
      And his next fight will be a wheelchair boxing match against comedian Al Foran, known for his impressions of The Notorious.
      McGregor is back hitting pads in training again after taking another step in his recovery having suffered a horror leg break in July.
      He broke his tibia at the end of round one in his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier, 32, the man he beat in 2014 but first lost to in January.
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      Dana White slammed by Badou Jack after claims UFC prelim fighter earns TEN TIMES more than him for fighting

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      BOXER Badou Jack hit back at Dana White after the UFC boss claimed one of his prelim fighters earned TEN TIMES more than him for a fight. White said the former world champion, who returns on Friday, November 26 in Dubai against Johnny Muller, would only make $75,000 (£55,000).
      Badou Jack hit back at Dana White after the UFC boss claimed he was being paid $75,000Credit: Getty
      Dana White claimed a UFC prelim fighter was being paid $750,000Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      But Jack, 38, hit back on Twitter: “I would never fight for that type of money ever in my life. Not sure who told you these lies.
      “That won’t even cover my training camp. But thanks for the free promotion.”
      Jack is believed to have been paid as much as $750,000 (£560,000) for his 2017 fights against James DeGale and Nathan Cleverly.
      And that is the sum UFC president White revealed one of his unnamed prelim fighters made.
      He said on the Pardon My Take podcast: “You know this kid Badou Jack? The boxer, right? Former world champion.
      “He’s fighting this weekend, I guess, in the Middle East, and he’s making $75,000.
      “A guy who isn’t even, he’s on the prelims never been a world champion — and I won’t mention his name — is making $750,000.”

      White has long been criticised over fighter pay, despite UFC champions being entitled to pay-per-view bonuses.
      Jack, who won titles at super-middleweight and light-heavyweight, is reported to have made $500,000 (£372,000) for his last win, in November 2020.
      He beat Blake McKernan, 34, on the same night Mike Tyson, 55, made his boxing comeback in an exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr, 52.
      Jack has recently linked up with new boxing promotion Probellum for his return against cruiserweight Muller.
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      Jake Paul slams claims he has ‘no knockout clause’ in his fight contracts and hits out of rival Conor McGregor

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      JAKE PAUL has branded claims Tyron Woodley wasn’t allowed to knock him out as ‘nonsense’.Bellator middleweight and Brazilian jiu-jitsu whizz Dillon Danis claimed The Chosen One had a clause in his contract prohibiting him from finishing the YouTuber in their August bout.
      Jake Paul faced former UFC champ Tyron Woodley in a boxing match in AugustCredit: GETTY
      And Bellator fighter Dillon Danis has claimed The Chosen One wasn’t allowed to KO PaulCredit: Getty
      But The Problem Child has rubbished that suggestionCredit: Getty
      Boxing champion turned MMA fighter Claressa Shields also repeated the claim, which Paul has insisted is ‘bulls***t’.
      The Problem Child said: “Look, it’s a bunch of losers trying to make s*** up to get in the headlines.
      “And to get reporters like yourself to ask about that exact question and put their name into the mix so they can get a little bit of clout.
      “Having a ‘no knockout clause’ in a contract – I’ve never heard of that.
      “It’s highly illegal, I would be in jail.
      “That’s like rigging a fight. I would be in prison if that was a real thing.

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      “It’s all nonsense, it’s all bulls*** and they got exactly what they wanted out of it, which was for people to mention their name.”
      Former Disney star Paul is gearing up for a December 18 showdown with ex-Love Islander Tommy Fury.
      But the 24-year-old still has ambitions of locking horns with former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor.
      He said of a potential showdown with The Notorious: “It’s very real, I think that fight happens in the next 36/48 months for sure.

      “It makes financial sense.
      “I don’t have a message for Conor. At this point, he needs me more than I need him.
      “He’s a f*****g loser, drunk motherf***er running around with his bulls, doing all this crazy s**t
      “The guy’s a mess, so like I said – he needs me more than I need him.”
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      Logan Paul next fight: Five bouts after Floyd Mayweather including Mike Tyson, Chris Hemsworth and his brother Jake

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      LOGAN PAUL hasn’t fought since he shared the ring with all-time great Floyd Mayweather in June.The YouTuber-turned-boxer, 26, survived all eight rounds to take it the distance.
      Logan Paul is already thinking about his next fight having last faced Floyd MayweatherCredit: AFP
      Having faced, and technically avoided defeat, against one of the best boxers of all time, you have to wonder where Paul goes from here.
      Just days after his showcase bout with Mayweather, Paul took to Instagram to ask: “No seriously, who’s next?”
      The American certainly won’t be short of opponents having ruffled the feathers of some of fighting’s biggest names.
      We take a look at FIVE potential options for Paul’s next money-spinning bout…
      KHAMZAT CHIMAEV
      THE Russia-born Swedish MMA star is the latest in a growing line of fighters to become embroiled in a spat with Logan and younger brother Jake Paul.
      Chimaev, 27, recently tweeted a photo of the Americans, captioned: “I can smash these guys same night. BOXING.”
      He added: “And they know about it.”
      Chimaev also tweeted a photo of himself holding a rifle with the heads of the Paul brothers Photoshopped onto his wall.
      Jake replied in typical manner, roaring: “Listen Kumquat… you are just another UFC fighter pretending you can box.
      “Sit down, shut up and pray you get paid fairly.”
      Big bro Logan may just fancy the scrap with Jake next facing Tommy Fury in December.
      MMA star Chimaev insisted he could beat both Paul brothers in the boxing ring

      TOMMY FURY
      John Fury has revealed Tommy will set Logan Paul in his sights following his fight with JakeCredit: Getty
      SPEAKING of Fury, the young brother of heavyweight champion Tyson takes on Jake Paul in Miami next month.
      And dad John Fury has revealed his son will beat Jake before setting his sights on Logan.
      John said: “I know Jake Paul can’t beat Tommy. Tyson will sort his head out.
      “I’m looking for a Tommy win in explosive fashion. The end of Jake Paul.
      “And then he’ll move onto the brother Logan.
      “We won’t count our chickens before they hatch, boxing’s a funny game anything can happen.
      “But like I say only one man beating Tommy and that’s Tommy, not Jake Paul.”
      MIKE TYSON
      Logan Paul confirmed talks are in place to fight Mike Tyson following the former heavyweight champion’s return to the ring last yearCredit: EPA
      EARLIER this week, Logan confirmed talks with Iron Mike – insisting he would fight the heavyweight legend to ‘shut people the f*** up’.
      The YouTube sensation and boxing icon were rumoured to be in talks for an exhibition bout in February.
      Paul admitted tentative talks had taken place in the past, but it was not a fight he was heavily considering.
      But after seeing the reaction of fans, who tipped Tyson – who made his comeback against Roy Jones Jr last year – to demolish the man 29 YEARS his junior, the social media influencer is ready to prove doubters wrong.
      Paul claimed: “We’ve been kind of talking about it, it’s been kind of possible for a little bit.
      “I find it absurd that people don’t think I can beat Mike Tyson.”
      JAKE PAUL
      Logan Paul could even fight little brother Jake in the latest bizarre boxing matchCredit: Getty
      Paul has been followed into the ring by his little brother Jake, who has a better record winning all three of his fights by knockout.
      The polarising pair appear to have no bounds when it comes to entertainment, leaving them both open to facing each other.
      It would be a bizarre, unprecedented and undeniable financial success, all key elements of what makes the internet sensations tick.
      But they have admitted their parents are against the idea, and even their close relationship may rule it out.
      CHRIS HEMSWORTH
      Logan Paul bizarrely called out Thor star Chris Hemsworth – with the Australian not replying
      Thor star Hemsworth is renowned for his impeccable physique and uses boxing in his training regime.
      And after footage of the actor hitting the pads surfaced in January, Paul called him out.
      He tweeted: “I’ll fight him after Mayweather.”
      Aussie Hemsworth, 38, never responded to the challenge, but the offer could still be open.
      In this era of bizarre boxing match-ups, why not?
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