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Jon Anik is known as one of the best commentators in the UFC. He knows how to navigate tricky subjects and get honest on certain situations. He was recently asked about Jake Paul and he did not hold back while bringing up Jorge Masvidal.
Jake Paul has been flirting with MMA and has been going at the UFC recently. Jon Anik was asked by DAZN if he thought Paul could sign with the UFC.
“I doubt it. I really doubt it,” Anik said of Jake Paul signing with the UFC.
“I just don’t think that he wants to scratch that competitive itch. I think he is legitimately passionate about boxing. CM Punk, for lack of a better example, he needed to scratch that itch. It didn’t go the way he wanted it to. It didn’t go the way he thought it would. But he needed that for his own peace of mind.”
“He seems to be a genuinely good guy in terms of some of his initiatives and his efforts to try to help the masses. That is not falling on a deaf ear with me.
“I think Dana White probably respects him enough that he engaged in any sort of back and forth with Jake Paul. But we just don’t need him.
“We are not just the MMA leader. As humbly as I can say this as a guy whose check is cut by the promotion, we are the combat sports leader right now. UFC pay-per-views have never been as anticipated as they are right now.
Jon Anik ended things by jabbing at Jake Paul in regards to who he has faced. The UFC commentator wishes he had boxed Jorge Masvidal so he would have been ‘humbled.'
“So while it disappoints me that maybe we haven’t sent in the right boxer, like Jorge Masvidal to maybe humble Jake Paul a little bit, I’m happy that he’s realized millions, and I’m happy with where the UFC is. I just don’t think they need each other. But I think it has been saged the way Jake Paul has sort of leveraged mixed martial arts to his advantage.”
