Jake Paul is continuing to push for an opportunity to fight in MMA and more specifically in the UFC. It has long been said that Dana White is not a fan of his and that he would not be willing to work with him.

It looks like Dana White may have changed his tune on Jake Paul as the YouTuber turned boxer recently spoke about fighting in MMA. The UFC president may not be against Paul fighting in the organization.

“I think it’s timing, and proving myself more in the boxing side of things,” Paul told The Fight with Teddy Atlas podcast. “Pretty soon the UFC and MMA side will be undeniable to get into the octagon or fight for one of these other organizations against a big name. So I think it’s all a timing thing, and Dana seems to be open to it. He said on my brother’s podcast, he might let Logan fight in the UFC, and I think he’s coming around to me and starting to see what I’m about and what I stand for. Obviously he doesn’t like me harping on the fighter pay side of things, and sort of harming his business, and being a shareholder in Endeavor and pushing on the investment side of things,” Paul said. “There’s definitely a feud there, so we’ll see what happens.”

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Jake Paul confirms that he doesn't have any issues with the UFC and he is actually a big fan. It will have to be seen if Dana White truly has any interest in working with the younger Paul brother.

“That’s the thing, people think I hate them. No, I love the UFC. I’m a fan of the UFC,” Paul said. “The UFC is like the NFL, and to Dana’s credit, he’s done such a great job of making the sport so much more relevant in such a short amount of time, but the issue for me is now that they are like the NFL, and they’re still only paying the fighters 15% of the total revenue and not giving them long-term health care, that’s where the issue comes in for me, because I care about fighters and I’m trying to change combat sports in general as a part of my legacy and as a part of contributing back to combat sports that saved my life. So this all comes full circle. I see how fighters are mistreated, and how much money they have to spend on their own camps, and how underpaid they are, so that’s really where the battle stems from. So now that the UFC is like the NFL, they have to, soon and slowly, start to pay their fighters more and treat their fighters better.”