{"id":10248,"date":"2023-01-23T13:18:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/jake-paul-called-out-former-ufc-champion-during-mma-switch-stop-fighting-little-guys\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T13:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:18:32","slug":"jake-paul-called-out-former-ufc-champion-during-mma-switch-stop-fighting-little-guys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/jake-paul-called-out-former-ufc-champion-during-mma-switch-stop-fighting-little-guys\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul Called Out Former UFC Champion During MMA Switch: &#8216;Stop Fighting Little Guys&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"AuthorTag\"><button class=\"w-fit border-b border-transparent hover:border-primary-yellow\">Connor Bennett<\/button><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden md:inline\">    \u2758   <\/span>Published<!-- -->: <!-- -->2023-01-23T13:14:44<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden md:inline\">    \u2758   <\/span>Has been updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->2023-01-23T13:14:54<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-1\">\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\"><strong>Jake Paul was called up by former UFC Champion Luke Rockhold when the YouTuber-turned-boxer started focusing a little more on MMA. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Although boxing has been the main focus of the last few years, Jake Paul is unabashedly open about wanting to get involved in mixed martial arts. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">The YouTube star, who comes from an amateur wrestling background, has fought many MMA fighters inside the boxing ring before finally signing a deal to make his MMA debut. He joins his PFL ranks and joins the new Superfight division. <\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center w-full md:mx-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<p>Ad followed by article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Jake already has his eyes on an opponent, asking Nate Diaz to sign a two-fight deal in a boxing ring before stepping into the MMA cage. But former UFC Champion Luke Rockhold is happy to step up.<\/p>\n<h2 data-cy=\"Heading\" id=\"h-luke-rockhold-calls-out-jake-paul-for-mma-fight\" class=\"text-neutral-grey font-display font-bold mb-5 text-title-2\">Luke Rockhold Calls Jake Paul To MMA Fight <\/h2>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">The former UFC middleweight, who won the title from Chris Weidman in 2015, was questioned by TMZ Sports about Jake&#8217;s transition to MMA, who urged him to fight someone his size. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">&#8220;Stop trying to fight the little guys. You&#8217;re middleweight. If you want to fight middleweight, I&#8217;ve got my hands on you, we can do whatever you want.&#8221; I can win while I&#8217;m sleeping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center w-full md:mx-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<p>Ad followed by article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Rockhold dismissed claims that Jake was transitioning to MMA and trying to fight his best, stating: Straight. And a champion, a real competitor, someone who can make you an ass.<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"NewsletterSignup\" class=\"flex-col w-full py-[14.5px] px-5 bg-neutral-grey-4 md:py-5 md:flex-row md:items-center md:justify-between md:gap-x-5 col-span-full lg:col-span-7 my-8 flex\">\n<p class=\"mb-5 font-body text-link-1 text-neutral-grey md:flex-1 md:mb-0\">Subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on esports, gaming and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\"><strong>1:12 timestamp<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-[10px]\"\/>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Diaz&#8217;s last bout was at Welterweight, about 50 pounds lower than Jake would normally box. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"Paragraph\" class=\"text-neutral-grey w-full mb-4 text-body-1 font-body\">Whether or not Jake will take Rockhold&#8217;s challenge remains to be seen, but the former UFC star is free to do what he wants now that his contract has expired.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col items-center w-full md:mx-0 lg:mt-4\">\n<p>Ad followed by article<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMifmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmRleGVydG8uY29tL2VudGVydGFpbm1lbnQvamFrZS1wYXVsLWNhbGxlZC1vdXQtYnktZXgtdWZjLWNoYW1wLWFtaWQtbW1hLXN3aXRjaC1zdG9wLWZpZ2h0aW5nLWxpdHRsZS1kdWRlcy0yMDQwMjkxL9IBAA?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Connor Bennett \u2758 Published: 2023-01-23T13:14:44 \u2758 Has been updated: 2023-01-23T13:14:54 Jake Paul was called up by former UFC Champion Luke Rockhold when the YouTuber-turned-boxer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boxing-mma-combat-sports","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Jake-Paul-called-out-by-ex-UFC-champ-amid-MMA-switch-22Stop-fighting-little-dudes22.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}