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      Jake Paul backed to BEAT Nate Diaz by UFC legend Michael Bisping… who laughs off YouTuber’s callout of Canelo Alvarez

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      JAKE PAUL has sensationally been backed to BEAT Nate Diaz by Michael Bisping. UFC legend Bisping, admitted he was wrong to dismiss Paul ahead of his fight against Anderson Silva – which Paul won via a unanimous points victory.
      Jake Paul defeated Anderson Silva on pointsCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      He then called out ex-UFC champ Nate DiazCredit: Getty
      Michael Bisping revealed his thoughts on that potential boutCredit: Rex
      And following the fight the YouTuber-turned-boxer was quick to call out potential opponents for his next fight.
      MMA stars Canelo Alvarez and Nate Diaz are both in his sights, with the latter in attendance for Paul’s victory.
      A melee ensued backstage involving Diaz, with the 37-year-old filmed slapping a member of Paul’s entourage before being asked to leave the arena.
      But speaking on his YouTube channel, Bisping warned ex-UFC Champ Diaz that a boxing fight at Paul’s weight would not end well for him.
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      He explained: “The majority of Nate Diaz’s fights have happened at 155(lbs), he was a lightweight.
      “Then he went up to Welterweight 170lbs and he went 5-5, the only knockout he got was against Rory Markham in 2010. With boxing gloves on I don’t think it will be a good idea for Nate Diaz.
      “Nate Diaz was a tremendous mixed martial artist. He beat some phenomenal people and had a tremendous career, you know he lost some fights and he won a lot of fights.
      “The Jiu Jitsu would be gone, the kicking game is gone, just the general craftmanship and the game plans and the adversity of attacks; punches, kicks, knees, elbows, strangles, chokeholds, triangles, takedowns you name it, that’s what Diaz can do.
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      “Those are the advantages that he has over Jake Paul.
      “If he was to fight Jake Paul and at that weight; 200lbs, 196lbs whatever they want to come in at – I don’t think it would go very well for Nate Diaz.”
      While Bisping admitted he was wrong to dismiss Paul’s chances of beating Silva, he firmly told him to cool his interest in a fight with Alvarez.
      He said: “I’m just going to say slow your roll on that one.
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      “Number one the fight is never gonna happen, secondly, shoot your shot.
      “God bless him but he’s never gonna fight or beat Canelo Alvarez.” More

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      Tommy Fury’s dad says son will KO Jake Paul with ‘first right hand that he throws’ and slams fight with Anderson Silva

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      JOHN FURY has backed son Tommy to knock out Jake Paul with the “first right hand that he throws”. And John was left unimpressed with Paul’s decision to fight 47-year-old UFC legend Anderson Silva.
      John Fury pictured with his son TommyCredit: Rex
      He told Global Titans: “If any of my sons was 50 years old and doing that, I’d say, ‘Listen, have a day off, give your head a wobble.
      “‘Alls you’re going to do is make a fool of yourself and entertainment for other people.
      “You’re making the other man that’s useless look good.’ Jake Paul can’t fight. He will knock Jake Paul out with one punch.
      “And I’ll say it now on camera: Jake Paul will get knocked out with the first right hand that he throws, and I’ll put money on it.”
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      Tommy, 23, has twice pulled out of fighting Paul, 25, firstly due to a rib injury and then amid a US visa issue.
      His celebrity boxing rival has opened the door to rescheduling for a THIRD time, which would have to be in the UK or Middle East.
      But Tommy firstly returns on November 13 against 5-2 American Paul Bamba, 33, on Floyd Mayweather’s undercard in Dubai.
      John added: “This man he’s fighting here, at least he’s a proper fighter. He trains as a boxer.
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      “All he’s fighting, he’s had seven pro fights against proper opposition.
      “Not some hand-picked geriatric that needs a Zimmer frame to get in the ring.”
      Tommy last fought in April, beating Pole Daniel Bocianski, 27, on brother Tyson’s Wembley Stadium undercard.
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      Jake Paul reveals prediction for Anderson Silva PPV buys with earnings of $18m but says he’ll only fight in summer now

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      JAKE PAUL could generate $18million in pay-per-view sales alone for his fight with Anderson Silva – if his estimations are correct. The YouTuber-turned boxer beat Silva last weekend in Arizona, marking the most legitimate win of his 6-0 career.
      Jake Paul on his brother’s podcastCredit: @impaulsive
      And he believes the bout will have brought in up to 300,000 PPV buys when it is all said and done.
      That amount, priced at $60, means $18m (£15.6m) would have been made in box office receipts.
      Paul said on his brother’s podcast: “I think it will go around 200-300,00 which is kind of upsetting.”
      The American also revealed he will now target fights in the summer, having competed against Halloween, the World Series and the NFL.
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      He said: “This is the worst time of the year to fight, but guess what? I had to fight.
      “All of my fights from now on will be in the summer, there’s no sports. There’s like this perfect gap in July/early August where there’s no sports.
      “And by the way, all my others fights were during Covid when no one had anything to do or anything to watch.
      “NFL was cancelled, NBA, nothing was on. I had to fight this year, I just had to get it f***** done, I’m sick of waiting around.”
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      Paul, 25, had not boxed since last December, when he knocked out ex-UFC champion Tyron Woodley, 40, in their short notice rematch.
      Woodley only filled in, four months after losing on points, after Tommy Fury, 23, suffered a rib injury.
      Fury rescheduled with Paul for August but was again withdrawn, this time amid a US visa issue.
      Hasim Rahman Jr, 31, signed in replace but lightening struck twice as the bout was cancelled due to a weight disagreement.
      So by the time Paul stepped foot in the ring against Silva, 47, it had been ten months since he had fought.
      I think it will go around 200-300,00 which is kind of upsetting.Jake Paul on Anderson Silva PPV buys
      And on the week of the bout, it was thrown into doubt after the UFC legend claimed he was knocked out twice in sparring.
      Silva admitted his words were lost in translation but the commission still held an emergency meeting, later passing the Brazilian fit to fight.
      But Paul claimed the initial news of Silva’s fitness woes caused a negative impact on the PPV sales.
      He said: “On the PPV buys thing, the pre-buys were going crazy, up, up, up.
      “On Wednesday, when the news came out about Anderson, saying he got knocked out or whatever and the fight was in jeopardy and all this press came out, the pre-buys tanked all the way down.
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      “The general public sees that and is like, ‘Oh, it’s not happening.’ Tommy pulled out, Hasim pulled out. ‘Oh, Jake f***** Paul can’t get an event together, this is done.’
      “It killed, ticket sales, we’re still selling tickets, that day everything went to zero.”
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      Logan Paul urges brother Jake to RETIRE from boxing after Anderson Silva win but YouTuber is ‘just getting warmed up’

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      LOGAN PAUL urged his brother Jake to RETIRE from boxing after beating Anderson Silva… but the YouTuber is “just getting warmed up”.The social media sensation-turned prizefighter secured the most legitimate win of his career on points against Anderson Silva.
      Logan Paul urged his brother Jake to retire from boxing after beating Anderson SilvaCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Anderson Silva was beaten by Jake Paul on pointsCredit: Esther Lin
      It improved his record to 6-0 and marked the first time he claimed victory over an opponent with prior professional boxing experience.
      And it has also forced Paul to think twice about his previous goal of leaving the sport at 10-0.
      He said on The MMA Hour: “My brother says that I should retire and leave the world and leave people with their jaws dropped, but I’m not going to do that.
      “I have exceeded my own expectations but this is just the start, man.
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      “I am really starting to get good and there are a lot of people I want to beat and I want to be a world champion.
      “Initially, I was like ‘I’ll go 10-0 and then retire’, but now I’m 6-0 and it’s like I’m just getting warmed up, so who knows what ends up happening?”
      The big criticism that remains for Paul, 25, is not having yet fought a seasoned boxer.
      Tommy Fury, 23, has twice pulled out in the past while Hasim Rahman Jr, 31, was also withdrawn amid a weight row.
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      Fury, who was unable to fight amid a rib injury and US visa issue, remains on the cards for next year in the UK or Middle East.
      Although Paul warned he will not be forced into fighting anyone.
      He said: “I feel like definitely professional boxer is the No1 criticism, but again, anyone that is smart knows that Anderson Silva is a real professional boxer, and just beat a former world champion.
      “So I don’t know. But at this point, I’m just going to do whatever the f*** I want, and fight whoever is willing and ready to show up.”
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      ‘I lose faith in my generation’ – Jake Paul responds to fight fix claims after beating UFC legend Anderson Silva

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      JAKE PAUL has responded to allegations of “rigging” his fight with Anderson Silva. The YouTuber-turned boxer beat UFC legend Silva on points over eight rounds last weekend in Arizona.
      Jake Paul responded to allegations of ‘rigging’ his fight with Anderson Silva
      But keyboard warriors took to social media to suggest Paul fixed the fight while others discredited the result due to Silva’s age.
      Paul, 25, said on The MMA Hour: “I think smart people with intelligence are giving me props and respect.
      “Like the WBC President [Mauricio Sulaimán] saying that anyone who says Jake is not a real boxer is just bitter and is a hater.
      “People like Teddy Atlas showing me mad respect, a lot of fighters showing me mad respect, a lot of MMA guys texting me saying, ‘You look really sharp, that was the best you’ve fought.’
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      “Ryan Garcia showing me respect. So the smart people who I care about are showing that love.
      “There are the people who will always be there in my career who are discrediting it.
      “Now, they’re saying it was rigged. It went from, ‘Jake’s going to get knocked out by Anderson,’ to, ‘Oh, that was rigged.’”
      Paul was forced to deny baseless allegations of match fixing after his wins over former UFC pair Ben Askren, 38, and Tyron Woodley, 40.
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      And after beating Silva, 47, in the most legitimate victory of his 6-0 career, the American found himself in the exact same spot.
      Paul said: “I lose faith in my generation and my peers, and us as a society and a world when I see that type of stuff and that type of stupidity.
      “It just sucks. It sucks because I worked so hard for this.
      “I dedicate everything, sacrifice everything, every single day, bust my balls, have a 15-person team working around the clock to help me become the best boxer possible, and when I do something like beating Anderson Silva, they try to take it away from me.
      “But I know deep down, and I guess that’s all that really matters.”
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      ‘I like the idea of f***ing him up’ – Logan Paul in shock U-turn as he calls out Andrew Tate for MMA showdown

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      LOGAN PAUL has performed a U-turn and is now keen on an MMA fight with Andrew Tate after admitting he would like to “f**k him up”.Paul previously pulled the plug on a potential clash with Tate after the American-British fighter was banned from social media for his controversial views on women.
      Logan Paul performed a U-turn as he is now keen on an MMA fight with Andrew TateCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      Logan Paul previously refused to face Andrew Tate after his social media banCredit: Instagram
      The WWE superstar claimed he didn’t want to give the kickboxer a platform but now seems to have changed his mind.
      The 27-year-old claims he would love to “turn his face inside out” and would even be open to facing Tate inside the Octagon.
      However, a potential fight might take a while as the YouTuber is scheduled to challenge Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at Crown Jewel this Saturday.
      Paul said during an interview with UFC star Sean O’Malley: “I have said what I said that I didn’t feel like platforming him.
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      “But then this motherf****r starts talking a lot of s**t. And maybe I would take the opportunity to platform him for one night and turn his face inside out.
      “Have him wheeled out on a stretcher with his brother holding his hand in an ambulance. The thought of that is compelling and I like the idea of f*****g up Andrew Tate.
      “So maybe I will take it back and I will fight Andrew Tate. I take back what I said and I am man enough to say I made a mistake when I said I wouldn’t platform him I would do it.
      “He has been talking s*** online, he said that he would fight me for free so I got excited.
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      “So I text his agent and said, ‘He said he would fight me for free it sounds like a money day for me’. So he rang him up and it turns out he wants two warm-up fights.
      “I was pushing for it this would be fantastic. I thought maybe we could forego those warm-up fights and do it. But then the agent replied and said ‘if you want to fight him Whatsapp him directly’.
      “I have a solution, why don’t we do something that neither of us have done? An MMA fight between me and Tate in the UFC. Me vs Tate in the Octagon. I am giving him options.” More

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      UFC legend Anderson Silva calls himself a ‘superhero’ despite Jake Paul defeat and reveals he ‘won’t beg for rematch’

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      FORMER UFC star Anderson Silva has hailed himself a “superhero” despite Saturday’s boxing defeat to Jake Paul.Silva, 47, lost to the YouTuber-turned boxer by unanimous decision with scores of 77-74, 78-73 and 78-73.
      Paul won by unanimous decisionCredit: EPA
      Silva has described himself as a superheroCredit: EPA
      The fight was competitive throughout, but Paul’s victory was sealed with a crucial knockdown in the eighth and final round.
      Silva has since put his defeat down to tactical errors and the fact that Paul was the better fighter on the night.
      In his post-fight press conference, he said: “Jake was better than me today.
      “I tried to put on my strategy. … I don’t find my distance, and I failed in my strategy, and Jake was better than me. That’s it.”
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      When speaking about the knockdown, he added: “I talked to my coach like, ‘I don’t believe it. I trained so hard not to be in the same stupid position.
      “But I’m human. I’m superhero, but sometimes my half human fail.”
      Despite the defeat, Silva is eager to get back into the ring.
      But, he has already made it clear that he will not beg for a rematch.
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      He added: “I know I lost. I know I failed in my whole strategy, and my opponent won.
      “I’m not the same as the other guys that fight with Jake, like, ‘Oh, I need revenge. I need rematch.’ Let’s see what happens. Maybe. I don’t know.”
      Paul’s victory saw him stretch his perfect boxing record to 6-0.
      After the fight, the social media star called-out Canelo Alvarez and Nate Diaz while promising that there will be more to come.
      He said: “This is just the start. I want Nate Diaz. Canelo, you too.
      “You guys said, ‘You can’t beat a striker, you can’t beat a legend like Anderson Silva.’ I just did it. So why can’t I beat Canelo?” More

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      ‘Suck this d***’ – Jake Paul savagely attacks Dana White over 2021 ‘promise’ after beating UFC icon Anderson Silva

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      JAKE PAUL taunted Dana White after beating Anderson Silva last night, saying “suck this d***”.The Problem Child was euphoric after overcoming Silva, 47, via unanimous decision.
      Jake Paul defeats Anderson SilvaCredit: Reuters
      Dana White has been scathing of Paul’s boxing exploitsCredit: Getty
      Paul’s win moved him to 6-0 and was by far his most credible to date.
      Taking to the mic after the bout, the American opted to continue his long-running feud with UFC president Dana White.
      Last year, the American begged Paul to stop calling out fighters on his roster, before declaring: “I f***ing guarantee you this: You ain’t gonna see Jake Paul calling Anderson Silva out.
      “That I f***ing promise you.”
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      Reminding White of his comments, Paul, 25, mocked: “Dana? … Dana? … Dana?
      “Bro, you said I wouldn’t do this, and I did it – with flying colours. But, you know, he’s in hiding.
      “He’s trying to do everything he can to stop my run, to sabotage my fights. He hates me. He hates what I’m doing.
      “He hates (that) I’m exposing his business, and now we’re gonna band together and create a united fighters’ association to help UFC fighters, all MMA fighters and boxers to get more fighter pay, long-term health care.
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      “That’s a big, big undertaking that I’ve been wanting to do for the whole entire time of my career since I met (manager) Nakisa (Bidarian).
      “I said it to him on the first day: I want to make a fighters’ union.
      “So, man, Dana White can suck this d***.”
      After flooring Silva in the eighth round, Paul explained: “We were just fighting in the clinch and he got caught on the way out.
      “He took so many hard shots throughout the whole fight. The dude is a real dog.
      ‘I’M A REAL DOG’
      “You see what happens to everyone else that gets hit with that. He’s the toughest guy in the world but I just wanted it more.
      “I’m a real dog and I left it all in the ring.”
      Paul could face UFC legend Nate Diaz next, after the Stockton legend’s contract with White’s promotion expired.
      As reported by Ariel Helwani, members of Diaz and Paul’s teams BRAWLED backstage last night.
      Helwani tweeted: “To follow up on what Jake said in there, when I was in the back I saw the Diaz team and the Paul team get into it.
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      “Big scuffle. Pushes. Got physical and drinks were thrown. Over 20 people involved.
      “Almost got ugly but they broke it up and then the Diaz team weren’t seen again.”
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