He will in Askren, who is +150 at BetMGM.Īskren insists he’s not heavily invested in the fight, though his striking at an open workout on Wednesday in Atlanta was markedly better than what he’d been releasing on social media during his camp. So Paul is making something of a career as a fighter, even though he has yet to face a professional fighter. Paul is able to garner the attention of a lot of people at the same time and, as Askren said, that’s what sells in combat sports. He helped sell a large percentage of the nearly 1.9 million pay-per-views that were sold for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones card in November, according to Triller co-owner Ryan Kavanaugh. He has 20.3 million subscribers on YouTube, 14.8 million followers on Instagram and 3.8 million followers on Twitter. Whether that will impact interest in his fight is anyone’s guess, but he has an enormous audience and his fans are devoted. Paul, via a statement from his attorney, has denied the allegation. He will fight with the pressure of knowing that a TikTok star, Justine Paradise, has alleged that he forced her to perform a sex act without her consent. Paul is routinely referred to as a “YouTube sensation,” but he told Yahoo Sports he doesn’t consider himself a YouTuber any more. He’s going to make a million dollars to fight Paul, who has gotten notoriety because of his social media following. “I’m getting into a boxing ring, as funny as that sounds,” he said. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Īskren is a decorated combat sports athlete who, after hip replacement surgery and a retirement from MMA, finds himself about a 2-1 underdog to Paul.Īnd Askren, who was derided during his MMA career for his poor striking, laughed about the notion of what he’s about to do. Jake Paul (L) and Ben Askren face off during a news conference for Triller Fight Club's inaugural 2021 boxing event on March 26, 2021, in Las Vegas. Nothing he said in his final media session summed up this event better than “whatever the we’re doing this weekend.” If you don’t understand that, you’re a moron.” If you can bring a bunch of eyeballs, they’re going to pay you a bunch of money. “In MMA and boxing and in whatever the we’re doing this weekend, celebrity fighting, it’s just not true. If his batting average is good and he hits some home runs, he’s going to get paid a whole bunch of money. The guy doesn’t have a big social media following, but it doesn’t matter. “I was talking to someone about a baseball player yesterday. “It’s very important for fighters to understand that the trash talk and social media and personality are very important to progressing your career,” Askren said. You won’t get paid for stats in fighting. The former UFC star and Bellator and ONE MMA world champion had his tongue planted firmly in cheek at times, but he was dead on the money when he began to discuss the need for fighters to understand how to promote fights.īaseball players, he noted, will get paid big money for putting up statistics. "I thought that if you sign an NDA, you're signing away your rights to talk about anything basically," she said.He spoke of his desire to urinate in his own backyard, his body odor, how Dana White finally came to like him and how he watched Mike Tyson’s “bite fight” with Evander Holyfield in preparation for his professional boxing debut. While discussing the timing of when she came out with her story, Paradise said she wasn't sure whether she was even allowed to talk about it after she signed a nondisclosure agreement - which she said was required of all guests who enter Paul's home. "Our client believes that any false allegations diminish the credibility of those who have truly been victims of misconduct." While others have already begun to debunk the claim alleged against him, our client categorically denies the allegation and has every intention of aggressively disproving it and pursuing legal action against those responsible for the defamation of his character," Gardenswartz said. "Our client is aware of the recent allegation against him. On Tuesday, Paul released a statement through his lawyer Daniel E. Paradise said that Paul then did a "180" and became cold after the incident and that he'd never apologized to her. "He just shoved himself in me, he didn't ask for consent or anything. She said Paul grabbed her face and forced her to perform oral sex and continued to touch her in "places" despite her saying no multiple times.
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