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After Vitor Belfort easily defeated living legend Evander Holyfield in their recent Triller boxing match, he went on to challenge Jake Paul for a fight. However, the YouTuber-turned-Pro boxer doesn't seem interested at all.
In fact, when asked about the prospect of fighting the Brazilian mixed martial artist, Paul dropped some savage remarks instead. The 24-year-old threw a series of haymakers (and some under the belt?) about Belfort's reputation and skills.
“Vitor's not that big of a name,” Paul told Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour,” via The Score. “He just isn't. He's not even as big of a name as Tyron (Woodley). I'm trying to get bigger with each one of these fights. I'm trying to have more of a challenge. I think Vitor is a lot easier of a fight than Tyron. He's older. He's on steroids and such, but that doesn't really excite me that much.”
Of course Jake Paul is not closing his doors on a potential showdown with Vitor Belfort. Nonetheless, he has some conditions: the money should be significant and Showtime–Paul's promoter–allows him to fight. Then again, Paul said there's a “very low possibility” of the bout happening.
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As for his next fight, Paul admitted he's intrigued by the idea of fighting MMA legend Anderson Silva, who made headlines in the Triller fight with a one-punch KO of Tito Ortiz. If he can choose, though, Paul prefers to have Jorge Masvidal next.
“Honestly, from a personal standpoint, I would love for it to be Masvidal,” Paul added. “Just because of the shit talk, just because of his name, just because he's still in his prime era. And there's a lot of personal beef there. I just took out his boy Tyron.”
Jake and Jorge have been going back-and-forth with their trash talks and have even brought up the possibility of a fight. But for that to happen, UFC president Dana White has to give his nod to Gamebred.
Whoever he ends up fighting next, it sure looks like Jake Paul will encounter a lot of trash-talking.
