Jake
Paul believes UFC CEO Dana White won’t let Alex
Pereira compete in a boxing match against him.
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Paul knocked down Mike Perry
for the third and final time to earn a technical knockout victory
in the sixth round of their boxing match at the Amalie Arena in
Tampa, Florida, on Saturday night. Paul issued an immediate callout
to
UFC light heavyweight champion Alex
Pereira, who then FaceTimed “The Problem Child” expressing
interest in the matchup.
Alex Pereira has posted his full FaceTime
call with Jake Paul after Paul’s win over Mike Perry last night
📱Pereira seems eager to make a fight with Paul happen whilst Paul
asks if Dana White will let Pereira out of his contract.— MMA Orbit (@mma_orbit)
July 21, 2024
While Pereira is seemingly interested in the offer, Paul doubts
White will allow it. Paul claims Pereira had to hesitate and look
at his manager when he mentioned the UFC contract situation during
their FaceTime. Confident that he beats “Poatan,” Paul believes
White won’t risk one his biggest stars getting defeated by a
YouTuber turned celebrity boxer.
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“I want everybody. I love this sport,” Paul said during a post-fight press conference following his win
over Perry. “He’s tweeted about wanting to go into boxing. We got
him on FaceTime right there in the ring. And I said, ‘Yo, can you
get out of your contract? If you can get out of his contract then
let’s run in.’ When I asked him that, he had to pause; he looked at
his manager. You know, these guys aren’t their own bosses. I want
all the smoke. But at the end of the day, will Dana let them out?
That’s too big of a risk if I could embarrass his No. 1 prized
fighter right now. But I want all the smoke. I want all the MMA
guys, and I’ve been all the way, so who’s next? He’s the king of
the UFC right now. So I want him. I’m going to decapitate him and
dethrone him.”
Paul’s latest win improved his record to 10-1, which includes wins
over former UFC fighters Tyron
Woodley, Ben Askren,
Anderson
Silva, Nate Diaz and
now, Perry. While stopping the BKFC star is no small feat, Paul was
expecting to get it done in the opening frame.
“A little bit different [than expected]. I truly believed I would
knock him out in the first round,” Paul said. “But man, that guy is
tough. He took damage like no one I’ve ever seen before. But I knew
that if I didn’t get him out of there in the first round that it
would happen later on in the fight.”