{"id":390084,"date":"2021-07-13T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=390084"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:47:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T22:47:09","slug":"jake-paul-claims-conor-mcgregor-needs-jake-paul-more-than-i-need-him-after-ufc-264-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jake-paul-claims-conor-mcgregor-needs-jake-paul-more-than-i-need-him-after-ufc-264-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul claims Conor McGregor &#8220;needs Jake Paul more than I need him&#8221; after UFC 264 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul believes Conor McGregor needs him more than ever after his UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, who is just 3-0 as a pro boxer, is set to box Tyron Woodley at August 29 in Cleveland, Ohio. It&#8217;s an intriguing bout but ever since Paul became a pro boxer <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/jake-paul-blasts-fraud-conor-mcgregor-ahead-of-ufc-264-you-can-tell-conor-has-lost-it\/\">he has taken shots at McGregor<\/a> and said the fight would happen. However, after the Irishman suffered a TKO loss due to a broken leg, Paul says the fight isn&#8217;t as big as it could be and McGregor now needs him for the big payday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it could happen. I think the funny thing about this journey is I\u2019ve predicted everything that\u2019s happened thus far. 18 months ago when I said I wanted to fight Conor, people laughed at me,&#8221; Paul said about McGregor at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMAjunkie\/status\/1415056412972093443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his press conference for his fight against Woodley<\/a>. &#8220;Now I\u2019m laughing at Conor with a broken ankle, sitting there in the Octagon, and he needs Jake Paul more than I need him. So, yeah, my offer to Conor is 23 dollars, and if we ever fought I would knock those fake-ass teeth right out of his f*****g mouth. You know, Dustin Poirier defeated this man, and Dustin Poirier is an amazing fighter, don\u2019t get me wrong, amazing guy, I actually became a fan of his over the weekend. But he\u2019s 5-foot-9, 155 pounds. I\u2019m 6-foot-1, 200 (pounds). So, Conor McGregor would not stand a chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no question a boxing match between Paul and McGregor would be massive. Paul has a massive backing due to his fans he created from YouTube and being on the Disney channel. However, at this point, it&#8217;s uncertain it will ever happen. The size difference is also a concern as McGregor fights at 155 or 170lbs while Paul competes at 190lbs.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Jake Paul claiming Conor McGregor needs him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Paul believes Conor McGregor needs him more than ever after his UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier. Paul, who is just 3-0 as a pro boxer, is set to box Tyron Woodley at August 29 in Cleveland, Ohio. It&#8217;s an intriguing bout but ever since Paul became a pro boxer he has taken shots [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":369807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,65043,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jake Paul claims Conor McGregor &quot;needs Jake Paul more than I need him&quot; after UFC 264 loss | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jake Paul believes Conor McGregor needs him more than ever after his UFC 264 loss to Dustin Poirier but the payday won&#039;t be the same.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jake-paul-claims-conor-mcgregor-needs-jake-paul-more-than-i-need-him-after-ufc-264-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jake Paul claims Conor McGregor &quot;needs Jake Paul more than I need him&quot; 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