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CONOR McGREGOR’S training partner Kiefer Crosbie has told Jake Paul to forget about fighting the UFC star. But Crosbie would gladly step in to shut Paul up following years of the YouTuber-turned boxer calling out McGregor.
Kiefer Crosbie with training partner Conor McGregorCredit: @kiefercrosbie_mma
Jake Paul in training for his next fightCredit: @jakepaul
He told SunSport: “I’d smoke Jake Paul, I’d smoke him. But obviously it comes down to a name thing.
“The easy thing is, ‘Who’s he?’ That’s the easy way out of that fight, ‘Who’s Kieffer Crosbie?’ 
“Cool, well move round with me then, mate. Spar me then, fight me then, it would never happen, he’d never fight me. 
“He’d go after a bigger name with less skills, that’s what he’s trying to do or the biggest name where he knows it will never happen. 
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“He’s calling out Canelo, calling out Conor, he knows them fights will never happen and he’d never win them fights, let’s be real. 
“But yeah, I’d smash Jake Paul, easy. Let’s be real, he’s good and improved but you can only improve so much in a couple of years. 
“I’m doing this my whole life, you can’t just jump into this sport and after two or three years think you can take on the world.” 
Paul, 26, suffered defeat for the first time in February, losing a split-decision to Tommy Fury, 24, in Saudi Arabia.
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But he snubbed a rematch to instead return on August 5 in Texas against Nate Diaz, 38, who shared two classics in the octagon with McGregor.
Paul wants to fight McGregor, 34, afterwards and claimed he would even do it in the cage.
But Crosbie, 33, said: “Conor is the biggest combat sports athlete of all time, so of course the whole world is going to try call him out. 
“Jake Paul calling someone like Conor out is just stupid to me. There’s levels to this game, let’s be real here. 
“Look what Conor’s done, all his accomplishments. He’s one of the best of all time and that’s a way all these guys are trying to get clout. 
“They’re calling Conor out to keep their name out there but that’s just what YouTubers and celebrities try to do. 
“They’re looking for clickbait and Conor is not bothered about all them. Jake Paul, he’s a marketing genius.”
Conor McGregor and Kiefer Crosbie are friends and training partnersCredit: @kiefercrosbie_mma
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NATE DIAZ risks potentially picking up an injury just weeks before his showdown with Jake Paul – by taking part in TWO triathlons.The former UFC lightweight title challenger will lock horns with the YouTuber-turned-boxer in a Dallas dust-up on August 5.
Nate Diaz will throw down with Jake Paul in a boxing week on August 5Credit: DAZN
But the former UFC star will take part in TWO triathlons before he faces the YouTuberCredit: INSTAGRAM@NATEDIAZ209
Diaz has taken part in triathlons throughout his fight careerCredit: INSTAGRAM@NATEDIAZ209
Diaz, 38, has trained in triathlons throughout his career in order to keep himself in tip-top shape.
And he would’ve taken part in back-to-back triathlons by the time he shares the ring with Problem Child Paul.
During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, he said: “I’ve got a race this weekend and next weekend also.
“But this one’s going to be in a lake so that’s good. Those are my favourite races.”

Diaz shares his love of triathlons with brother Nick, who has competed in the treacherous ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ – in which competitors swim from the notorious island prison back to mainland San Franciso.
But Nate has yet to participate in the race, admitting: “I never did Alcatraz though, my brother did it.
“I would have done that one but we race all year long.
“And about a week or two out I try not to do too big of races.
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Nate Diaz’s clash with Jake Paul will be hifs first fight since leaving the UFC last yearCredit: Getty
“So every time he’s done Alcatraz I was about two weeks out from a fight so I’d always miss that race.
“But I’ve done other stuff like I did the Big Kahuna half Ironman in Santa Cruz, out there you swim around the pier.
“The whole team you hear seals and a load of s**t, it’s the scariest thing ever I hate those.”
Nate isn’t the biggest fan of ocean swims – mainly because of his fear of being eaten by sharks.
He continued: “Every time we would be on the beach getting ready to go in the morning, my brother would be all pumped up.
“I’d be like ‘Motherf****r, I’m only doing this because of you and now I’m going to get eaten by a shark’.
Jake Paul has vowed to put a beating on Nate DiazCredit: GETTY
“I hate ocean swims but I’ve done a bunch of them and now that my brother hasn’t been competing as much, I haven’t been dragged into too many ocean ones.”
Nate’s clash with Paul will be his maiden professional boxing match and first outing since officially leaving the UFC last November.
And former Disney star Paul plans to make it a long night at the office for the Stockton slugger.
The 26-year-old said: “I’m going to make sure it’s a living hell the whole time.
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“I think that he’s got a long night ahead of him.
“I do as well but I’m not afraid of it. I’m ready to rock and roll.” More

NATE DIAZ has hit back at claims he is fighting with brain damage and insisted: “I’m smarter now than ever”. Diaz is a veteran of MMA with 34 bouts but at the age of 38 he is making his professional boxing debut against Jake Paul.
Nate Diaz has hit back at claims he is fighting with brain damageCredit: Getty
And ahead of the August 5 bout, the American denied suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Diaz said on The Pat McAfee Show: “These f****** are talking about how I talk, and I’ve got f****** CTE or some s***.
“I’m like, ‘Bro, I’ve been talking this way the whole motherf****** time.’ It’s got nothing to do with getting hit or none of that.
“I’m smarter now than ever.”
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CTE is a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated head trauma, including concussions and repeated blows.
It is also associated with the development of dementia and has affected fighters and NFL stars.
Diaz – who has suffered nasty cuts to the face during his career – is looking to maintain his record of having never been knocked out.
He said: “I don’t really be eating punches like they say.
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“I bleed because of the forearms and elbows and s*** cut me up but like I said, I’ve been in a boxing gym and it might not look like it but I roll with a lot of these punches that anybody lands on me.
“I’m not just walking in like a meathead into punches. I’ve never been knocked out. I’ve never even really been f****** stunned stupid or nothing.”
Paul, 26, returns off the back of his first ever defeat, losing a split-decision to Tommy Fury, 24, in Saudi Arabia.
And he will do so in his first-ever fight scheduled over ten rounds.
Paul said: “I’m going to make sure it’s a living hell the whole time.
“I think that he’s got a long night ahead of him. I do as well but I’m not afraid of it. I’m ready to rock and roll.”
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