Jake Paul can depart his disguise at house the subsequent time he needs to attend a UFC occasion.
This previous weekend, the social influencer-turned-boxing fanatic posted a video claiming he needed to sneak into UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas sporting a wig, faux beard, and glasses as a result of he was supposedly banned from the UFC. Whereas that makes for good content material to publish on social media, Dana White shrugged off the thought he banned Paul or anyone else from attending occasions when chatting with reporters following a Contender Sequence occasion Tuesday in Las Vegas.
“Oscar De La Hoya was there [at UFC 306]. OK, let’s put it that method,” White mentioned with fun when referencing his tumultuous relationship with the previous boxing champion. “No person’s banned from the UFC.
“Pay attention, that child is aware of market and do his factor and all that good shit. Jake Paul’s welcome to return to UFC.”
Paul attended UFC 306 to assist his enterprise accomplice Sean O’Malley after they teamed collectively to launch a males’s physique care line collectively referred to as ‘W.’ Sadly for Paul, he needed to witness O’Malley endure a unanimous choice defeat to Merab Dvalishvili in the principle occasion.
Through the years, Paul and White have engaged in a risky confrontation, however currently the UFC CEO has taken a distinct method any time he’s requested in regards to the 27-year-old fighter from Cleveland.
Relatively than erupting at no matter Paul says or does, White has largely simply dismissed the feedback and refused to have interaction in any type of backwards and forwards with him publicly.
Even Paul declaring that he was banned from UFC occasions solely acquired a chuckle out of White. In different phrases, if Paul needs to attend one other UFC occasion sooner or later, he doesn’t need to play dress-up.
