“Underpaid like every other UFC fighter”- Jake Paul offers his support to Francis Ngannou

“Underpaid like every other UFC fighter”- Jake Paul offers his support to Francis Ngannou

Francis Ngannou and Jake Paul

Francis Ngannou and the UFC have not been on the best of terms. Both the parties have given each other hard times recently. Ngannou has clearly stated that he would not fight under his current deal anymore, he would not fight for six-figure paydays. Ngannou has also shown interest in boxing Tyson Fury under the UFC umbrella. Ngannou wants a new UFC deal where he could be able to box Tyson Fury.

Ngannou in an interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, when asked if he would fight under his new UFC contract again, said, “No, I would not fight for five-six hundred thousand anymore. I mean it’s over, I just did this, I took this fight just for personal reasons and because I want to make sure that regardless, even it’s unfair, I’ve been wrongly treated I can make my case of saying I’ve accomplished the eight-fight”

The best scenario according to Francis would be for the UFC to promote the Fury fight. He wants to fight for the UFC but he is also interested in doing boxing matches and getting bigger cheques.

“Nothing unique and super rare about it“- Jake Paul isn’t surprised by Francis Ngannou’s situation

Jake Paul on Francis Ngannou
Jake Paul on Francis Ngannou

Ngannou is set to defend his title against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270, and Dana claimed that they would renew his contract if he could score a KO against Gane. Ngannou is the most dangerous man on the UFC roster, and he is in a weird space right now, Brett Okamoto Tweeted about this, and Jake Paul was the first one to reply.

Brett wrote, “Francis Ngannou’s contract situation is super unique and super rare going into next week’s title defense against Ciryl Gane. Take a look at what he had to say about it. Big underlying story beneath this fantastic main event.“

Jake has been calling out Dana White for a long time for underpaying his fighters, and Jake stuck the right chord with this one. He wrote, “Brett… nothing unique and super rare about it. He’s underpaid like every other UFC fighter. Let’s dig into this together.”

Also read – “I’m made for knockouts,” Francis Ngannou predicts his fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 270