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By Michael Gallagher
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The one-sided feud between UFC president Dana White and YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul took another turn this week.
Paul doesn’t hesitate to call out White any chance he gets, though White repeatedly made it known he doesn’t think Paul is even worth acknowledging.
It was announced on Thursday that Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions was merging with the Professional Fighters’ League to form MVP MMA in a move that may have formed the biggest threat to the UFC since Scott Coker was running Strikeforce.
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With the new company ramping up to start adding fighters and putting on cards, Paul filmed a video and posted it to social media on Friday taunting White about his new endeavor.
“Dana White, good morning buddy,” Paul said. “Wake up — it wasn’t a nightmare, it’s real. We continue to haunt this man 24/7.”
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Paul also made a plea to some of the top fighters in the UFC to finish out their contract with the company then jump ship to MVP MMA, where he promised they could make more money and get exposure on a large platform to help grow their personal brands.
“The UFC will no longer be the place where people judge fighters as to who the best in the world is,” Paul added. “…The UFC has done great for MMA, but the fighters are often times left underpaid and put on a shelf if they don’t obey the company’s rules.
“Just look at Tom Aspinall, for example, and Jon Jones, who should have fought on the White House card. It has always been our mission at MVP to put fighters first, and put them on the biggest platforms in the world.”
Though Most Valuable Promotions has only put on one MMA card, headlined by a main event featuring Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano, the company did make it known they were offering fight purses that could be greater than the UFC’s.
Every fighter on the card — even the ones in the prelim fights — earned at least $40,000. The full payouts from that card are listed below.
- Ronda Rousey, $2.2 million
- Gina Carano, $1.05 million
- Francis Ngannou, $1.5 million
- Nate Diaz, $500,000
- Mike Perry, $400,000
- Jason Jackson, $110,000
- Philipe Lins, $100,000
- Junior Dos Santos, $80,000
- Adriano Moraes, $80,000
- Salahdine Parnasse, $70,000
- Phumi Nkuta, $60,000
- Chris Avila, $50,000
- Kenneth Cross, $50,000
- Robelis Despaigne, $50,000
- Jeff Creighton, $50,000
- David Mgoyan, $50,000
- Namo Fazil, $40,000
- Jake Babian, $40,000
- Albert Morales, $40,000
- Aline Pereira, $40,000
- Jade Masson-Wong, $40,000
- Brandon Jenkins, $40,000
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