Jake Paul can go away his disguise at residence the following 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 carrying a wig, pretend 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 stated with amusing when referencing his tumultuous relationship with the previous boxing champion. “No person’s banned from the UFC.
“Hear, that child is aware of learn how to market and do his factor and all that good shit. Jake Paul’s welcome to come back to UFC.”
Paul attended UFC 306 to help 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 primary occasion.
Over time, Paul and White have engaged in a risky confrontation, however currently the UFC CEO has taken a special strategy any time he’s requested in regards to the 27-year-old fighter from Cleveland.
Slightly than erupting at no matter Paul says or does, White has largely simply dismissed the feedback and refused to interact in any sort of backwards and forwards with him publicly.
Even Paul declaring that he was banned from UFC occasions solely received a chuckle out of White. In different phrases, if Paul needs to attend one other UFC occasion sooner or later, he doesn’t should play dress-up.