{"id":387352,"date":"2021-06-07T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=387352"},"modified":"2021-06-07T16:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T23:00:20","slug":"scott-coker-absolutely-would-let-logan-paul-fight-in-bellator-if-he-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/scott-coker-absolutely-would-let-logan-paul-fight-in-bellator-if-he-wanted\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Coker &#8220;absolutely&#8221; would let Logan Paul fight in Bellator if he wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Coker is open to having Logan Paul take an MMA fight in Bellator.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, the YouTube star turned pro boxer has mentioned he believes he would be better at MMA due to his wrestling background. After <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/logan-paul-goes-the-distance-with-floyd-mayweather-highlights\/\">he went the distance with Floyd Mayweather<\/a> on Showtime pay-per-view, he mentioned he would take an MMA fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah I\u2019d do MMA for sure\u201d Paul said at the post-fight press conference. \u201cBecause I am a good grappler. I\u2019m a wrestler at heart and I think it\u2019d be silly of me to not use it in boxing, to the best of my ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Paul does end up taking an MMA fight it would be a big draw as evidence by his boxing match against Mayweather. For Coker, he says he would be very interested in having that MMA fight be in the Bellator cage.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387192\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387192\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-387192 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Floyd-Mayweather-Jake-Paul-.jpg\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Floyd-Mayweather-Jake-Paul-.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Floyd-Mayweather-Jake-Paul--300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floyd Mayweather vs Logan Paul<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is absolutely,\u201d Coker told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2021\/6\/7\/22522747\/logan-paul-for-sure-would-do-mma-in-future-bellator-president-scott-coker-absolutely-give-him-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a> when asked if he\u2019d give Paul a fight. \u201cI think this kid has shown athletic ability to go in there with Floyd but also we know he\u2019s a high school all-star wrestler from Ohio and I think they\u2019re just getting better and better at combat sports. If he wanted to get into MMA, we would do it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-ad m-ad__dynamic_ad_unit m-ad__desktop_article_body\" data-concert-ads-name=\"desktop_article_body\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"OeXsyY\">\u201cThe thing with Floyd, come on, how many people could do that? Go eight rounds with Floyd,&#8221; Coker continued. &#8220;You can\u2019t tell me Floyd at some point in the fight [wasn\u2019t] trying to take it to him and he couldn\u2019t put him away. So to me that is a victory for Logan, as far as I\u2019m concerned. As far as combat sports, I think Logan just upped his value. Was it a great fight? No, it was a lot of dirty boxing going on in that fight but let\u2019s face it, Floyd usually goes and closes the gap and takes care of business and he didn\u2019t do it this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to see Logan Paul fight in Bellator?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Coker is open to having Logan Paul take an MMA fight in Bellator. Paul, the YouTube star turned pro boxer has mentioned he believes he would be better at MMA due to his wrestling background. After he went the distance with Floyd Mayweather on Showtime pay-per-view, he mentioned he would take an MMA fight. 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