Dana White offers brutal assessment of Logan Paul and Jake Paul's fighting ability and says Amanda Nunes would 'put Jake in a coma'
Josh Fordham
1st January 2021, 4:51 pm
Dana White offered a scathing assessment of the Paul brothers' fighting abilities as they continue to exchange a war of words.
The UFC president has been unflinching in his comments about the YouTubers, Jake and Logan, who have recently caused waves in the combat sports arena.
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Jake Paul and Logan Paul are both huge social media personalities who have ventured into boxing
The loud-mouthed siblings have had professional boxing matches that have drawn large pay-per-view numbers.
Logan Paul lost his only professional bout to KSI but his brother Jake has two wins to his name with his most recent being an impressive knockout against former NBA star Nate Robinson.
Logan is due to fight Floyd Mayweather in February while Jake has been content to call out some of the biggest names in the MMA world.
Although he is still angling for a lucrative match with Conor McGregor, Jake Paul is also content to fight other MMA stars such as Dillon Danis, a training partner of 'The Notorious'.
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Dana White is not a fan of the Paul brothers
Upon learning of the 23-year-old's desire to fight McGregor, UFC chief Dana White jokingly said, 'I'm thinking of letting Amanda Nunes knock his a** out.'
White has continued to deride the Paul brothers and when asked about them in a recent interview, he told the Shout! podcast: "The answer to that question is, who gives a f***?
"Neither one of those guys can fight. It's all a big gimmick. Like I said in a [recent] press conference, there's a market for that.
"If people are dumb enough to spend their money watching that s***, I don't know what to tell you. Good luck to them. I [couldn't] care less what that guy [does].
"I get it. He's trying to make some money and is doing his thing. There are people who want to spend money on that. I'm not that guy."
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Amanda Nunes is one of the most dominant and ruthless fighters in MMA
Despite 'The Lioness' declaring her interest in facing Paul, the Ohio-born blogger has rejected the chance to fight the 32-year-old because he does not believe there is enough hype surrounding the pound-for-pound star.
In response, White said: "Amanda Nunes will knock that kid out.
"To even think about that guy fighting, he's like, 'I'm never going to fight a woman.' You shouldn't. You shouldn't because she'll put you in a coma. That guy is just some kid off the street.
"One of the big problems with him right now, he's lucky there's a pandemic.
"He's talking smack about real people — real people that he could run into at a restaurant some night and things like that. This isn't a real guy. This is just some kid on YouTube."