{"id":391675,"date":"2021-08-05T18:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=391675"},"modified":"2021-08-05T18:28:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T01:28:26","slug":"dana-white-rules-out-working-with-annoying-jake-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-rules-out-working-with-annoying-jake-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White rules out working with ‘annoying’ Jake Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s clearly no love lost<\/a> between Dana White and Jake Paul. The YouTuber-turned boxing star has slammed the UFC boss on multiple occasions and has stated that he’d never work with him.<\/p>\n

It comes as little surprise that White, in turn, has ruled out working with the 24 year old.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Full Send Podcast,<\/a> White said,<\/p>\n

\u201cI just don\u2019t see it happening. I don\u2019t hate the kid. Is he f*cking annoying? Yeah, he\u2019s annoying. He\u2019s out there trying to make that money, and his shelf life is very f*cking short.\u201d<\/p>\n

White continued, \u201cListen, I never say never, but I highly doubt it (working with Paul). It\u2019s just not what I do. There\u2019s a market for that. He could fight a different type of celebrity every week, and there\u2019s going to be a segment of the population that wants to pay for that and see it, but that\u2019s not what I do. I put the best against the best.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having shot to stardom online, Paul made his boxing debut against AnEsonGib in 2020 and scored the first round knockout. With subsequent stoppages against Nate Robinson and Ben Askren, Paul’s record stands at 3-0 ahead of his clash with Tyron Woodley.<\/p>\n

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Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley on Showtime<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite Paul’s relative success in the squared circle, White suggested that his star is beginning to wain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe media isn\u2019t really following him as much as they did in the beginning,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe schtick is getting old. I think for him to get the media back, he\u2019s gonna have to fight somebody. They\u2019re tired of the schtick. \u2018Hey, it\u2019s me, I weigh 190, and I want to fight these guys that weigh 170, 155, and they\u2019re wrestling, and they\u2019re 40 f***ing years old, and they haven\u2019t won a fight in three fucking years.\u2019 If he wants to be taken seriously now by the real media, I think he needs to fight a real fight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Dana White said this morning that I\u2019m losing my appeal and that my shelf life is very short.<\/p>\n

Because of this, I have given up my life and now am an employee of my brothers company – Maverick Enterprises. <\/p>\n

Thank you all, it\u2019s been a fun journey.<\/p>\n

— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) August 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n