Daniel Cormier wanting to fight Jake Paul is just the silliest thing ever
This is the Morning Win, by Andy Nesbitt.
Yesterday I wrote right here in the Morning Win that Jake Paulās beef with Dana White was getting entertaining, as the YouTube star/boxer took some shots at the UFC boss about how he doesnāt pay fighters enough money.
That was good thing for UFC fighters, who need to make more money for what they do.
Then a few hours later on Monday something really silly in the UFC/Paul world happened ā Daniel Cormier said he wanted to fight Paul, but in a MMA fight.
āWhy would I go and box Jake Paul? Who I am doesnāt make me chase anything. I made my money as the heavyweight champion of the world. I donāt have to chase a payday,ā Cormier said on his ESPN show with Ariel Helwani. āThis kid wants to fight? OK, Iāll fight him. But itāll be a mixed martial arts competition.ā
And, well, folks, I think this whole thing just jumped the shark.
Cormier, who had a heated run-in with Paul at UFC 261 last Saturday night, is one of just a few UFC fighters to have won belts in two different divisions ā light heavyweight and heavyweight. His last fight was just last August when he went five rounds with Stipe Miocic in their trilogy fight. If he unretired right now heād be a challenger for both belts again.
Thereās just no way a fight with somebody with the skillset and experience of Paul would ever be allowed. And even though Iām not a Paul fan, it wouldnāt be safe for him to take on DC. He could get seriously injured.
This whole thing would be like if some little league baseball player called out LeBron James and then LeBron said heād take the kid on, but only in hoops.
It just canāt happen and is just so silly.
The only Jake Paul fight that I want to see going forward, and I canāt believe I just wrote that, is with former UFC welterweight champ, Tyron Woodley. The two have shared some shots on social media recently and thereās just no way Paul wants that fight. No way at all. Woodley is no Ben Askren, who wasnāt a striker and got knocked out by Paul in the first round of their fight a few weeks ago. Woodley would destroy Paul and it wouldnāt be close. And that could take a ton of wind out of Paulās fighting sails.
But a MMA fight with Cormier, one of the greatest UFC champions in the history of the sport?
Yeah, get outta here with that talk.
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