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UFC star Tony Ferguson called out former YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul for a potential fight. Ferguson is undoubtedly one of the most well-known MMA fighters and took the fighting world by storm with his incredible 12-fight win streak between 2013 and 2019. El Cucuy has been the 155-pound interim belt and defeated several popular names like Rafael dos Anjos, Anthony Pettis, and Donald Cerrone. The last fight he had been a part of was against Justin Gatehje at UFC 249 in 2000, where he ended up getting knocked out in the fifth round.
In December 2023, Paddy Pimblett defeated Ferguson at UFC 296, and he ended up tying with BJ Penn for the most consecutive losses in the UFC. However, the 40-year-old appeared on the JAXXON Podcast and indicated that he is far away from calling it quits on his UFC career. Ferguson said that he wants to clash against Jake Paul, irrespective of Dana White’s recent statement about UFC fighters fighting outside promotion.
He said, "I'm going to be real with you, I'm calling out Jake. I'd love to fight you, dude. I don't talk to too many people or call them out, but Jake is the one in a lot of these up-and-coming people- when I talked about insurance for fighters and so on, I plant that seed, and a lot of these other fighters, they go and they take it to another level.” Responding to White’s recent remarks, he said, “I don't give a f**k about what Dana says. He knows already he doesn't owe me sh*t and I don't owe him anything. I've done enough for this f**king company."
Vladimir Putin gifted Khabib Nurmagomedov $20 million worth property after win over Conor McGregor: Dana White
The UFC President made a shocking revelation and said that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin gifted Khabib Nurmagomedov and his father $20 million worth of land in Russia. It happened when Khabib defeated Conor McGregor in their fight. White appeared on the latest episode of ‘Games with Names’ podcast, where he revealed the same. However, Khabib and his father didn’t confirm the claims. White said, "He didn't even make it back to his dressing room after the fight, and Putin was on the phone. Putin gave him and his father, like, $20 million worth of property in Russia. Then he went into the Muslim territories where these guys are like, cars, money, gyms, whatever he wanted.”
The UFC boss added, “Once you get to that level [of Nurmagomedov's fame], it's like what we're dealing with Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor lives in a yacht in the middle of wherever the warmest place in the world is at that time. Once you get to that level, you're not getting up and getting punched in the face anymore. The GOAT is Jon Jones. Jon Jones is undefeated. Khabib is undefeated, too, but I would have liked to have seen Khabib do more."
