Aim high Jake Paul. The former content creator and now boxer, rHe met Alex Pereira, UFC light heavyweight champion, after defeating Mike Perry (former UFC and now in Franco Tenaglia and Conor McGregor’s Bare Knuckle), to a future fight with boxing rules.
“Alex Pereira, you say you want to box. I am the king of this. I am the king of this. Come. We can make it happen. I love you, Alex Pereira. …I just beat a BKFC champion. I have beaten several UFC champions. He said he wants to box. So Alex Pereira, after Mike Tyson, let’s make it happen,” Jake Paul declared in the ring.
Alex Pereira, you say you want to box. I am the king of this. I am the king of this. Come. We can make it happen
Then a surreal image occurred. And while Paul was still in the ring being interviewed, Pereira quickly connected with Paul on a Face Time video call. The UFC champion shared his perspective: “Come on! Chama.”
Image of the video call between Alex Pereira and Jake Paul.
Paul, 27, has boxed former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley (twice), although both were past their prime as fighters. Pereira, 37, would not only be the oldest UFC champion Paul would face, but also the youngest (at this time). ‘Poatan’ recently declared that he would like to box in the future.
Then, at a press conference, Jake Paul left a message for Dana White, CEO of the UFC: “Will Dana White let him out (of the UFC)? It’s too big a risk… if he could embarrass his vaunted number one fighter right now.”
