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    KSI and Logan Paul’s PRIME lands major deal to sponsor European football giants but fans brand team ‘banter club’

    KSI and Logan Paul’s PRIME drink is set to land a major sponsorship deal with Barcelona. Spanish outlet Mundo Deportivo have reported the Spanish giants are set to ditch current drink partner Gatorade in favour of PRIME.
    PRIME is reportedly set to land a sponsorship deal with BarcelonaCredit: Getty
    KSI and Logan Paul’s PRIME drink sponsors ArsenalCredit: https://twitter.com/primehydrateuk?lang=en
    Paul has hinted at the move on his Instagram pageCredit: Instagram @loganpaul
    The club’s deal with Gatorade runs until June 30, but after that they will swap to the trendy drink founded by the two YouTuber-turned-boxers.
    PRIME has already landed some major sponsorship deals, including the UFC, Nascar, the Super Bowl and most notably Arsenal.

    The report adds the move is geared towards attracting commercial interest from a younger audience.
    KSI and Paul have well over 50million subscribers between them across their YouTube channels, with the former also a member of the popular UK group the Sidemen, who have announced their 2023 charity match.
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    Indeed, Paul has hinted at the partnership as well, sharing an image to his Instagram with the caption: “Barcelona here we come.”
    However, some fans were left unimpressed with the move.
    One fan ripped into Barca, labelling them a: “BANTER CLUB😭😭😭😭😭😭.”
    A second wrote: “Nooo😭😭😭.”
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    “No way 😭😮‍💨,” said a third.
    Others were more open to the idea, with one writing: “Whatever brings more money to the club.”
    A second typed: “Idk where anyone would find a problem with this, it’s popularity in USA, too.”
    While another added: “W move.” More

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    Fans spot UFC pair’s underwhelmed response to Logan Paul gifting them Prime chains as they say ‘bro thinks they care’

    LOGAN PAUL gifted Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski Prime chains – but fans don’t think they were that impressed.The pair of UFC champions became the first athletes to be sponsored by Paul’s popular Prime hydration drink.
    Logan Paul gifted Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski Prime chainsCredit: Instagram @moreloganpaul
    Fans think they were left underwhelmed by the presentCredit: Instagram @moreloganpaul
    And to celebrate, the YouTube, boxing and WWE star gifted Adesanya and Volkanovski custom Prime chains.
    But fans were left questioning whether they liked them, as one said: “Bro thinks they care.”
    Another added: “They not wearing that.”
    One joked: “Volk thinking about how much he can sell it for.”
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    Another agreed: “Straight to the pawn shop with those.”
    Volkanovski, 34, and Adesanya, 34, travelled to Paul’s Puerto Rico training base to be guests on his Impaulsive podcast.
    But the trio also got some training in where Paul was given a lesson in jiu jitsu.
    Middleweight king Adesanya was captured tapping him out while Volkanovski went one further.
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    Paul said: “You’re the best in the world at what you do, I got to experience it.
    “You are so strong and dominant, it’s like I knew it going into it.
    “You put me in a body lock and I felt like you could have tightened your legs so much and literally split me in half, I’m not doing BJJ again.”
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    Stunning MMA fighter turned-OnlyFans star sizzles in bikini and gives fans sneak peak inside her bedroom

    MMA star Sammy-Jo Luxton gave fans a sneak peak inside her bedroom after posting a bikini picture. Luxton was a champion in Muay Thai before swapping to MMA and boxing.
    Sammy-Jo Luxton gave fans a sneak peak inside her bedroom after posting a bikini pictureCredit: Twitter @sammyjoluxton1
    Sammy-Jo Luxton was a champion in Muay ThaiCredit: Instagram/@sammyjoluxton1
    Sammy-Jo Luxton wants titles in Muay Thai, boxing and MMACredit: Instagram @sammyjoluxton1
    But she has also gained a huge social media following and even launched her own OnlyFans account.
    Luxton has a YouTube channel and asked fans for questions while posting a picture in a bikini and in the ring.
    The responses ranged from dream opponents, to preferred method of victory, while another asked her on a date.
    Luxton, 23, made her boxing debut in February on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather’s exhibition with Geordie Shore’s Aaron Chalmers.
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    That came after a world silver medal in Muay Thai as well as European and British titles.
    And she has also signed a deal with The Professional Fighters League, which will home her MMA career.
    But Luxton has hopes of winning world titles in all three disciplines.
    She told the Daily Mail this year: “My goal is to have a world title in boxing, a world title in MMA and a world title in Muay Thai.
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    “Just to say I completed it.”
    Luxton – who first started training aged 11 – is set to make her MMA debut with the PFL in Paris on September 30.
    She was also linked with another boxing match but revealed her current contract ruled it out.
    Sammy-Jo Luxton is signed to the PFLCredit: @sammyjoluxton1
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    Carl Froch, 45, ready to risk his legacy to fight Jake Paul and become the ‘hero’ who end YouTuber’s hype

    CARL FROCH is ready to risk his legacy by fighting Jake Paul in a bid to end his hype. Froch has gone back and forth with the YouTuber-turned boxer amid speculation they could even face each other.
    Jake Paul has gone back and forth with Carl FrochCredit: Getty Images – Getty
    Froch would return to fight Paul and end his hypeCredit: AP
    The former super-middleweight world champion was a guest on Simon Jordan’s podcast.
    And Jordan urged Froch not to “kill his legacy” by coming back to fight the polarising Paul.
    But he responded: “I don’t know would it kill my legacy, or would I be the hero? Would I be the hero that stopped all the hype around Jake Paul?
    “I don’t mind Jake Paul doing what he’s doing and having a go, and he’s getting in the ring, the same as white-collar fighters.
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    “I don’t mind them – they’re brave. They’re getting in there, taking punches in the face, and he’s done it.”
    Froch, now 45, retired in 2014 after knocking out George Groves in front of 80,000 fans in their Wembley rematch.
    Meanwhile Paul, 26, returns on August 5 in Texas against ex-UFC star Nate Diaz.
    It follows after his first career loss in February, losing a split-decision to Tommy Fury, in a result criticised by Froch.
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    He told OLBG: “I would always be interested in fighting someone who can’t fight like Jake Paul.
    “It’s like someone giving you a suitcase full of money – you won’t say no. I would train for it, I stay in the gym anyway and keep myself in good shape.
    “Right now I am 45 and I retired at 36-37. There is a reason that I retired as after a certain age, the weight cut becomes way too difficult. 
    “I wouldn’t make the weight for Jake Paul – I would be 14 stone.
    “If a fight was on the cards – which it isn’t because Paul realised he can’t fight after losing to Tommy Fury and he wasn’t even British level at the time, then I would fight him because like I said before it is easy money.”
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    Tommy Fury mocked for saying he’s at ‘world championship level’ and Viddal Riley is ‘not a big enough draw’ to fight

    TOMMY FURY faced ridicule for stating he is at “world championship level” and that Viddal Riley is “not a big enough draw” to fight him. Fury is coming off the back of handing Jake Paul defeat in their grudge match in Saudi Arabia in February.
    Tommy Fury faced ridicule for stating he is at ‘world championship level’Credit: Getty Images – Getty
    Viddal Riley hit back at Tommy FuryCredit: Getty
    And he is now lined up for another huge celebrity blockbuster against Paul’s YouTube rival KSI.
    But it appears Fury, 24, has no interest in facing fellow 9-0 prospect Riley, once the coach of KSI, 30.
    He told Sky Sports: “No disrespect but Viddal’s fighting a lot lower than me.
    “Say what you want about opposition but I’m fighting on a world championship level.
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    “I’m doing millions of pay-per-view buys with all these big names. I’m not going to be foolish and drop down and fight Viddal Riley in York Hall, am I?
    “At the end of the day, all due respect to him but he’s not a big enough draw.
    “At the end of the day, Viddal, who is he outside of boxing? He’s not really anybody. He’s got no global pulling power. He can’t do any pay-per-views.”
    The comment did not go down well with fans, as one said: “Tommy did not say he’s fighting at a world championship level surely.”
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    Another added: “Tommy is claiming to fight at a world championship level when his hardest fight was Jake Paul.”
    Riley, 25, knocked out Anees Taj, 27, later that night and hit back at Fury in a blast of his own.
    He responded: “If he doesn’t want to fight, just say he doesn’t want to fight.
    “He’s in a sticky position: he’s chosen that side of things, getting paid extremely well. Just say you’re that guy now, say you’re a crossover boxer.
    “That’s it, that’s all Tommy has to do. All he has to say is: ‘You know what, I’m a crossover guy now, I don’t really have any interest in the traditional path, I’m not looking to be a traditional pro boxer,’ and I’ll leave him alone.
    “But if you’re going to try and blur the lines between the two, then blur the line over here. He doesn’t have to blur the line here.
    “He doesn’t have any pull himself anyway. Jake has the pull. KSI has the pull.
    “Go check the views on any of his fights when he’s fighting in that realm, and then check mine, and I’ve stayed in this realm and, I would say I have more pull than he does.
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    “Anees Taj would knock out Tommy Fury. Let’s not play games now. I think Anees Taj would knock out Tommy Fury.
    “I’d like to see Tommy prove himself against an opponent like that, and see if he can deal with them. I doubt he can.”
    Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul on pointsCredit: GETTY
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    Jake Paul’s fight with ex-UFC star Nate Diaz is a ‘MISMATCH’ and will end in four rounds, warns Eddie Hearn

    EDDIE HEARN has labelled Jake Paul’s fight with Nate Diaz as a “MISMATCH” that will end in four rounds. The YouTuber-turned prizefighter returns on August 5 in Texas against Diaz, who is making his professional boxing debut.
    Eddie Hearn with Jake PaulCredit: Rex
    And the MMA veteran – who last year walked out on the UFC – had fans fearing after footage emerged of him in training.
    So promoter Hearn fears that unless Diaz was holding back on the pads, the bout will be one-way traffic.
    He said on The MMA Hour: “I watched Nate Diaz hit pads. You know it’s going to be a mismatch against Jake Paul don’t you?
    “But for it to be a mismatch against Jake Paul, like, yes [he’s getting smoked], yes. It won’t go four.
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    “Listen, unless it’s all a bit of a bluff by Nate what I saw. You can see people hit pads, and you know whether they [can box].
    “And we’re talking about Jake Paul. We’re not talking about Fury or Anthony Joshua, fighting an MMA fighter, you’re talking about Jake Paul.”
    Paul, 26, was beaten for the first time in February, losing a split-decision in Saudi Arabia to Tommy Fury, 24.
    But he snubbed a rematch to face Diaz, 38, who will be his FOURTH opponent formerly in the UFC.
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    Paul has wins over ex-MMA champions Ben Askren, 38, Tyron Woodley, 41, and Anderson Silva, 48.
    But for the first time, he will fight over ten rounds and agreeing with Diaz to have the rules changed by the Texas commission.
    Paul tweeted: “If the fight goes to the later rounds, it’s obviously a big advantage for Nate.
    “I know that, he knows that (that’s why he made the request), the oddsmakers know that. But I don’t give a f***. I’m all in.”
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    KSI’s pal accuses Tommy Fury of ‘piggybacking’ off brother Tyson and Jake Paul after brutally snubbing fight

    TOMMY FURY has been accused of riding the coattails of brother Tyson and bitter rival Jake Paul.TNT became a household name during his 2019 stint on Love Island but has continued to build his brand in the years since leaving the reality TV show.
    Tommy Fury rose to fame in 2019 after appearing on Love IslandCredit: ITV
    He continued to build himself up on the undercard of brother Tyson’s clash with Dillian Whyte last yearCredit: GETTY
    His feud with social media superstar Jake Paul boosted his public profileCredit: GETTY
    Viddal Riley has claimed Tommy is riding on the coattails of brother Tyson and PaulCredit: PA
    His public feud with social media sensation Jake Paul did wonders for his global popularity and culminated with a multi-million-pound payday in February.
    But fellow novice Viddal Riley insists Tommy would be a nobody in the sport if weren’t for the popularity of his brother and Paul.
    He told The Daily Mail: “Tommy without Jake [Paul] was fighting on his brother’s undercards getting a little relative touch.”
    Riley was recently publically snubbed by Tommy, who claimed the 25-year was “a lot lower” than himself in the boxing world.
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    But ‘The Rilest’ insists his numbers far outshine those put up by Tommy, saying: “I can fight anybody and they can get a high amount of views.
    “I fight guys that no one’s ever heard of and get a million views, Tommy can’t say the same thing.
    “He can only piggyback off the guys that do have names, and then claim that it’s his numbers. It’s just an excuse to say he doesn’t want to fight me.”
    Despite being publicly snubbed by Tommy, Riley – the former trainer of KSI – is still holding out hope of sharing the ring with the celebrity.
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    And he only sees their showdown going one way, saying: “If we fight I think Tommy Fury comes out worse than Anees Taj did on Friday.
    “I think Anees would knock out Tommy Fury. If he took the fight with me it would be very damaging.
    “I don’t know how much money it would take for him to take that hit on his brand but he couldn’t walk the roads the same again if he fights me and I think he knows that.
    “He will just start targeting JJ (KSI), someone I started training at the end of 2017.”
    Tommy’s proposed clash with KSI – who he nearly traded blows with last month – is seemingly “very close” to coming to fruition.
    And he hopes to use it to put an end to the YouTube boxing scene once and for all.

    He told Sky Sports: “Everybody knows what’s next for me, it’s being teased at the minute.
    “Hopefully, we can get this KSI fight over the line and I’ll knock off another YouTuber.
    “That’s my plan for this year. I want to end YouTube boxing within 12 months.
    “So that’s my plan. So we’ll see. I don’t know. I just take it one fight at a time.
    “All these guys are the same to me. There’s not one that stands out from the rest.
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    “They’re all about the same. So anyone can get it. I’m not bothered.” More

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    Tommy Fury trains 12 ‘hard rounds’ with brother Tyson but Love Island star is mocked by KSI as rivals close in on fight

    TOMMY FURY trained 12 “hard rounds” with brother Tyson – but he was mocked by KSI as they close in on their fight.Fury is in the gym as he edges towards a deal to face YouTuber, rapper and boxer KSI.
    Tommy Fury in training to fight KSI
    Tommy Fury pictured in the gym with brother Tyson
    He posted a series of pictures alongside his brother with the caption: “12 hard rounds in the bag.”
    But KSI took the opportunity to mock the 2019 Love Island star.
    He took a clip of Fury’s exhibition bout against Rolly Lambert last year and wrote: “12 “hard” rounds.”
    Fury, 24, beat Jake Paul, 26, by split-decision in their celebrity grudge match in February in Saudi Arabia.
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    But Paul snubbed a rematch to instead return on August 5 in Texas against ex-UFC fighter Nate Diaz, 38.
    So Fury has turned his attention to KSI, 30, who revealed talks are progressing between them.
    He told his Misfits Boxing YouTube channel: “I am training for that fight.
    “Negotiations are going back and forth, we’re just waiting on Tommy essentially.
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    “We’ve just gotta do a few things to make sure it’s all perfect, but it’s very, very close.
    “I’m training, I’m getting ready for that fight, that’s what I want.”
    His manager Mams Taylor added: “We’ve gone back and forth and negotiated and now we’ve agreed to all the changes that they’ve requested.
    “I don’t think there’s anything more other than for the ink to dry for both guys to make this happen.”
    KSI is in training to fight Tommy FuryCredit: Getty
    Tommy Fury facing off with KSICredit: GETTY More