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JAKE PAUL is eyeing a $100million Conor McGregor fight in 2022 and predicts it will sell THREE MILLION pay-per-views. Paul first called out the former two-weight UFC champion last December and claimed he had a $50m offer waiting to go.
Jake Paul is eyeing a $100m Conor McGregor fight in 2022Credit: ryan@ryanloco.com
Jake Paul predicts a fight with Conor McGregor will sell 3m PPVsCredit: Getty
But disaster struck for McGregor, 32, as one month later he was beaten in two rounds by Dustin Poirier, also 32, on his return.
Paul, 24, has since moved to 3-0 in his career and in April knocked out retired UFC welterweight Ben Askren in a fight he claimed sold 1.5m PPVs.
With his stock higher than ever, the YouTuber believes he is in line for a 50/50 split with McGregor when predicting his earnings for the fight.
In an exclusive interview with SunSport, Paul said: “Fifty million for sure. I think right now we’re at the same level of draw in the combat sports world.
“Doing the pay-per-view numbers that we just did, and I sort of carried that event on my back, when we went into that fight, Ben Askren had 500,000 followers.
“No one really knew who he was besides the UFC fans. So it’s like if you put in a name like Jake Paul and Conor McGregor together, it’s a massive event.
“It sells three millions pay-per-views easily at $75, so whatever the maths is there.”
If Paul’s prediction prevailed, the fight would rank as the third highest PPV in boxing history.

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Floyd Mayweather’s historic 2015 win over Manny Pacquiao, 42, still tops the list with 4.6m sold.
And McGregor’s 2017 defeat to Mayweather, 44, comes second in the box office charts with 4.4m PPVs.
But Paul’s projection would surpass the boxing legend’s 2007 win against Oscar De La Hoya, 48, which amassed 2.4m buys.
The internet sensation is already in talks for his next fight and wants to keep his rivalry with the UFC going with another MMA opponent.
But it will not be against McGregor, who headlines UFC 264 on July 10 in an immediate rematch with Poirier.
It leaves Paul hoping to lure the Irishman – who lost his boxing debut to Mayweather – back to the ring next year.
Ben Askren was knocked out by Jake Paul in round oneCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Conor McGregor was beaten by Floyd Mayweather in 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty
He said: “Potentially, it’s very, very realistic for sure. I think it depends on how he does against Dustin on July 10.”
McGregor has been the UFC’s top attraction and a global sporting icon since he burst on to the world scene in 2013.
Paul, a social media megastar, had already lived half his life on camera but has still enjoyed a meteoric rise in the fight game since his 2020 debut.
He first beat online rival ‘AnEsonGib’ and followed it up with two brutal KOs against ex-NBA player Nate Robinson and then Askren, both 36.
But he has made just as many headlines outside the ring, due to his unwavering confidence and newly adopted persona as boxing villain.
Paul’s hotstreak is so great, he is confident his current popularity surpasses McGregor’s.
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He explained: “I’m more talked about than Conor McGregor at this moment.
“Kamaru Usman is going back and forth on Twitter with McGregor and the tweets are getting a lot of engagement.
“But then he tweets about me and it’s one of his number one tweets ever.
“There’s just more buzz around my name right now and Conor just got knocked out, had one of the most embarrassing losses of his career.
“I’ve had two highlight knockouts in a row on two massive pay-per-views. I’m just letting the numbers speak right now.”
Conor McGregor was knocked out by Dustin PoirierCredit: Getty
Jake Paul celebrates his win over Ben AskrenCredit: Getty
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TRILLER have offered fans who illegally streamed Jake Paul’s win against Ben Askren a last chance to pay $50 or else face a huge fine. Paul has claimed the fight sold 1.5million pay-per-views, making it the tenth biggest in boxing history.
Jake Paul during his won against Ben AskrenCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Triller later announced they had filed a legal challenge in California against 11 streaming sites.
They alleged over two million people illegally streamed the event, causing losses of over $100m.
Now, social media company Triller have given fans who illegally streamed the fight a final chance to pay the PPV price of $50 for it.
A company executive has told Reuters there is the potential for Triller to pursue legal action and a maximum penalty of $150,000 per illegal stream of the fight.
Triller’s head of piracy Matt St. Claire said: “VPNs all have to comply and turn over the actual IP addresses of each person who stole the fight in discovery.
“We will be able to identify each and every person, VPN or not, as each stream has a unique fingerprint embedded in the content.
“Triller will pursue the full $150,000 penalty per person per instance for anyone who doesn’t do the right thing and pay before the deadline.”
Paul, 24, won the bout by first-round knockout to move to 3-0 in his career.
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Film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, the co-controlling shareholder of Triller, later hit out at the alleged illegal streamers.
He said: “It’s shocking to think a theft so grand can be done so blatantly and brazenly and with no remorse.
“There is zero difference between what they did and walking into a market stealing tons of a product and selling it at a discount in the parking lot.
“It’s neither civilly nor criminally any different, and we are prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law.”
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JAKE PAUL has been branded a ‘snake’ by UFC welterweight Colby Covington, who is adamant the YouTuber is ‘not a real fighter’.Former Disney star turned boxer Paul has taken the boxing world by storm and is making waves in the mixed martial arts community with his brashness.
Jake Paul has ruffled plenty of feathers in the combat sports worldCredit: Reuters
UFC welterweight Colby Covington has branded Jake Paul a ‘snake’ and a ‘bum’Credit: Getty
His antics have irked UFC bad boy Covington, who, during an appearance on the latest episode of What the Heck, said: “Everything that’s going on with him is hilarious.
“This guy’s an amateur. ‘Snake Paul’ is literally a bum. He’s a Disney, YouTube star.
“He’s not a real fighter, he’s an amateur, he’s a nobody. I’d literally smack the pubes off his face.
“What I make of him is he’s just looking to get hype and build himself up as a real fighter.
“He’s not a real fighter, this guy’s a nobody from the streets.”
Paul, 24, registered a brutal first-round knockout of former UFC welterweight Ben Askren last month to stretch his undefeated record to 3-0.
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Jake Paul knocked out former UFC welterweight Ben Askren last monthCredit: Getty
Covington, however, isn’t buying the social media star’s latest victory, adding: “That last fight with Ben Askren was a work. They made that a fix.
“Askren took a dive for the money and that’s that.
“I don’t really take much more from that circus of Triller. It’s literally a circus, it’s the clown show.
“No one’s got time on their Saturday night at midnight to listen to an hour-f***ing special by Justin Bieber in between fights. Come on, this is a joke.”
Askren has denied suggestions he took a ‘dive’, telling ESPN: “It definitely didn’t happen. I got hit.

“The question I have for those people is, what do I gain by it? I told you guys what I made for this fight.
“It was a very nice paycheck. I’m also not destitute and poor. What do I gain by that?
“The answer is nothing. I would actually lose a lot. It’s not something that would ever cross my mind.”
The brash Paul has called out a number of MMA fighters following his destruction of Askren.
But Covington doesn’t foresee The Problem Child mentioning his name any time soon.
Colby Covington doesn’t foresee Jake Paul calling him out any time soonCredit: Zuffa LLC

The former 170lb title challenger said: “He wouldn’t do that. He’s not that stupid.
“He’s only looking for old, retired, washed-up fighters.
“He’s not looking for a guy in his prime who’s the top of the weight class who can actually throw hands.
“He’s looking for wrestlers, jiu-jitsu fighters, guys that supposedly did MMA, but they’re literally 40- or 50-year-old virgins.
“He’s not gonna call out someone that actually knows how to fight.”
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DANIEL CORMIER threatened to ‘f**k’ Jake Paul up during their heated clash last month, according to UFC commentator Joe Rogan.Former two-division champion Cormier had a heated exchange with the YouTuber last month at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida.
UFC commentator Daniel Cormier walks over to to confront Jake PaulCredit: Reuters
The former two-division champion gave both barrels to the YouTuberCredit: Reuters
Daniel Cormier wagged his finger in Jake Paul’s face on several occasionsCredit: Getty
A furious Cormier pointed his finger in Paul’s face and had to be separated from the former Disney star, who had branded him a ‘fat boy’ a few days earlier.
Rogan recalled his fellow commentator’s clash with the younger Paul brother during a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, saying: “DC said, ‘Take my f***ing name out of your mouth.
“‘I’m not a kid, I will f*** you up,’ and he was like, ‘Yikes.’
“Look, it’s f***ing former UFC heavyweight champion of the world. That’s not what you want.”
Paul, who knocked out retired MMA star Ben Askren in a boxing match last month, was greeted with a chorus of boos by fans in attendance at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.
And he repeatedly had to endure defeating chants of ‘f**k Jake Paul’.
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Rogan, however, reckons the 24-year-old wasn’t bothered by the reception he received.
He continued: “Let me tell you something, we were in Florida, Jacksonville, sold out arena, and they were all chanting ‘F*** Jake Paul.’
“He’s filming it. He’s got his phone out, he’s like, ‘Yeah!’ (Because what he’s hearing is) money. He’s hearing ‘Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching!’
“He’s making so much money, dude. He said it was 1.5 million PPV buys when he knocked out Ben Askren.
“I don’t know if that’s true, Dana White says it’s nonsense, but maybe. He doesn’t – who has the f***ing receipts?
UFC commentator Joe Rogan reckons Jake Paul revelled in the boos he received last monthCredit: YouTube
“If he’s lying, why didn’t he say 2 million, why didn’t he say 3 million? Why’d he say 1.5?
“Maybe he’s telling the truth and if he’s telling the truth, they made a f***ing considerable amount of money.
“That’s bigger by more than double the very legitimate, three title fight UFC card of this past weekend because that apparently got 700,000 buys.
“Granted, these are 700,000 ESPN+ verified, absolute buys. There’s no bulls***.”
Paul recalled his encounter with Cormier during an interview with ESPN, in which he claimed the future UFC Hall of Famer of ‘b****ed out’ of his vow to ‘slap’ him.

“He said ‘If I ever see Jake Paul, I’m going to slap him. I’m going to slap him in the face’, and then he sees me.
“I’m right there, arm’s length and he does nothing. It’s funny, it’s funny to me.
“I saw he said something about like, ‘Oh, I couldn’t have beat him up because I was at work and I would have gotten in trouble’.
“Like, bro, are you about your s**t? Or are you not about your s**t?
“Dana White wouldn’t have done anything if you wanted to lay hands on me.
“You had your chance, and you bitched out, and it’s embarrassing, and you’re an embarrassment, and you’re not a man of your word.”
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DANA WHITE has warned Jake Paul his 15 minutes of fame are ‘almost up’ and a humbling knockout loss ‘is coming’. But the UFC president admitted he feels no hatred towards the YouTuber-turned boxer, who has previously blasted the MMA promoter.
Jake Paul and Daniel Cormier at UFC 261Credit: Getty
UFC president Dana WhiteCredit: Reuters
White told Mike Tyson he would bet $1million on Paul losing to ex-UFC welterweight Ben Askren.
But the wager was never officially made, meaning the UFC boss has no plans to pay Paul after the internet star knocked out Askren in one round.
White said on Morning Blitz: “Listen, at the end of the day, to be honest, I hate the dildos who pop in here and say ‘Hey, pay Jake Paul!’
“I hate them worse than I hate Jake Paul. But, listen, whatever with this kid. The kid is making money, man.
“He makes people care, he makes people give a s***. I honestly don’t hate the kid.
“I know there’s a lot of people who are very excited for the day when he gets clipped and gets knocked out, and it is coming.
“His 15 minutes are almost up but listen, the kid’s gonna make some money and good for him.”
Paul recently blasted White for underpaying UFC fighters and claimed he earns more than any of his stable bar Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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The 3-0 cruiserweight has targeted fights with McGregor, 32, and retired champion Daniel Cormier, 42.
He even continued his rivalry with the UFC by turning up to their latest pay-per-view event in Miami, where he was booed by the crowd.
But UFC fighters are banned from competing outside of the promotion without permission.
And White threatened legal action to prevent Paul from trying to prize any of his MMA stable into the ring.
“Why don’t you go fight a f****g boxer?” White told Yahoo Sports. “What the f*** do these guys keep talking to UFC guys for?
“I’m gonna have to slap them with another f****g legal letter, these fucking idiots. Go talk to f****g boxers. What are you doing?”
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