Jake Paul rejects high stakes MMA fight against controversial former WWE Superstar: Reports

Popular social media star Jake Paul has refused to fight Matt Riddle in MMA.

Jake Paul rejects high stakes MMA fight against controversial former WWE Superstar: Reports

Jake Paul (via Rolling Stone)

The Paul brothers are two of the most popular internet personalities and are very famous among younger fans. Millions of people keep an eye on their videos and social media posts. while Logan Paul has now cemented his position in the pro wrestling industry, Jake Paul is still focused on his boxing career. But now he has rejected the high-stakes MMA fight against former WWE superstar, Matt Riddle.

Riddle was released by WWE back in September due to some controversy. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the original bro has challenged Jake to an MMA fight but has been turned down. Well, people can’t blame him considering Riddle’s UFC record.

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Matt Riddle and his reps spoke directly to Jake Paul of late regarding doing a match. Paul expressed no interest in facing Riddle under MMA rules, where Riddle would have the experience edge even though he hasn’t been active or trained for fighting for years. Riddle was willing to do a boxing match, and at this point, it’s up to Paul’s side, which it always would be since he’s the A-side.
Meltzer reported in Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Although he has rejected the offer from Riddle, he is fully focused on his boxing career. He will go toe-to-toe with professional boxer Andre August in just a few hours from now. Jake has a record of 7 wins and only 1 loss with four KOs in his excitement-filled boxing career. It will be interesting to see whether Jake ever steps foot in the octagon and starts his MMA career or he will build his legacy in Boxing.

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Matt Riddle had some very harsh words to say about CM Punk’s return

CM Punk made his triumphant return at Survivor Series after nine long years. While all the fans were so happy to see their hero return to his ‘home’, there were some visibly angry superstars who did not entertain his return at all, one of those superstars was Matt Riddle.

CM Punk and Matt Riddle
CM Punk and Matt Riddle (via AEW and WWE)

Although The Original Bro was not in WWE at the time he returned, he took to Twitter to mock CM Punk about his unsuccessful UFC career and his attitude towards his colleagues. 

Hey WWE you thought I was hard to deal with. Have fun with 0-2 CM Punk.
Matt Riddle on CM Punk via Twitter

Riddle may be a hard person to deal with, but his UFC record speaks for itself with 7 wins and 3 losses. It seems unlikely that Punk and Riddle can settle their differences in the ring, but if a star like Punk can return to WWE after the cold war between him and the company, it’s not impossible to bring Riddle back. Only time will tell what the future holds.

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