Fight fans probably shouldn’t get their hopes up for an actual match, but Jake Paul and Conor McGregor continue to take aim.
After Paul’s appearance on Monday’s “The MMA Hour” in which he said a fight between the two would likely result in a payout of $75 million to $100 million a man, McGregor hopped on Twitter, calling Paul a “flop” and a “nobody”. ”
Paul’s reaction this Tuesday was a bit more scathing – and brought with it some pretty strong allegations, including one that McGregor is taking the steroid trenbolone and another that he’s being unfaithful to his wife.
“Conor, Conor, Conor — you’re more active on Twitter than the octagon,” Paul said in a video posted to his Instagram account. “Stop taking Trenbolone and start fighting. You cheat on your wife more actively than in the octagon. Your priorities are messed up. Put the bottle down and keep fighting. You haven’t won a fight in five damn years, and the last time it was against (Donald) “Cowboy” Cerrone – who hasn’t won a fight since he fought you.
“I’m a ‘nobody,’ you say in that tweet. Well yes you are right. I’m just a damn boy from Ohio – I’m really a nobody. But here you’ve fought your sixth fight: there are literally two people in the crowd. And here I will fight my sixth fight: Madison Square Garden, the mecca of boxing, on August 6th. I know you’ll be watching, little one.”
Paul then compared the dollar numbers and said McGregor made $150,000 in his 18th pro fight, which was a win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 178. In contrast, Paul said he made $15 million for his fifth professional boxing match. It should be noted that McGregor’s $150,000 was just the payout announced by the UFC – he earned $75,000 for showing and $75,000 as a win bonus. He also earned $50,000 for a “Performance of the Night” bonus and received other voluntary undisclosed “locker room” bonuses.
McGregor was #35 on Forbes 2022 list of the highest paid athletes in the world. Forbes reported that he made $43 million in 2021.
But then Paul doubled down on his claim at the beginning of the video that McGregor was unfaithful to his wife, Dee Devlin, and shared a clip of a video he said McGregor’s PR team was trying to thwart the exit.
The authenticity of the video seems questionable at best.
“You have a lot to say about me, but I share millions of dollars with underpaid fighters while you share hookers with Dana White,” Paul said. “Oops – I’m sorry, Conor. I know your PR team is trying to hide this video. You shouldn’t have been kidding me, Conor. this is my game There’s a new king in town. I’m running shit now.
“Fix your calcium deficiency, stop breaking your bones and get in the ring and make $200 million. Conor, no matter how you cut it, we’re just not on the same level. I am my own boss. Yes, you made $100 million fighting Floyd (Mayweather), but Dana took half of it. So no matter what you do or what you do, cut that shit in half.
“If we went net for net, I wouldn’t give a shit, Conor. Put the bottle down, get off Twitter, get back in the ring and shut up, or I’ll put your leash back on you. Fuck you, Conor.”
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