Dana White is pretty confident that Alex Pereira would kick Jake Paul’s head “to another planet” if they ever stepped foot inside a ring together.
Following his sixth-round knockout of BKFC star ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry in July, ‘The Problem Child’ called for a clash with the UFC light heavyweight champion, suggesting that if ‘Poatan’ wants to box, there’s only one man he should be fighting.
“Alex Pereria, you said that you want to box,” Paul said in his post-fight interview. “I’m the king of this, I’m the king of this, come over. We can make it happen, I want you, Alex Pereria.”
Jake Paul just CALLED OUT Alex Pereira to a boxing match… 💀 #PaulPerry pic.twitter.com/PbWn66wwYJ
— Zoomin ⚡️ (@Zoominclip) July 21, 2024
Of course, there’s very little chance of that fight ever actually happening with Pereira under a UFC contract.
Hell, White isn’t even sure the commission would allow it to happen considering the fact that ‘Poatan’ is bodying everyone the UFC puts in front of him while Paul continues to cherry-pick opponents who are either past their prime or on a significantly lower skill level than his own in the sweet science.
“I wonder if the commission would even let that fight f*cking happen,” White said during an appearance on the Full Send Podcast. “[Pereria] would kick his head to another planet. He calls people out for attention. Alex [Pereira] is a superstar right now, so Jake called him out and Jake gets press.”
“Jake says that I tried to assassinate him and said [other things], it’s all lies, it’s not true.”
Podcast host tells Dana White that Jake Paul is a bigger star than Alex Pereira and immediately gets shut down pic.twitter.com/DkQtEQoB5o
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) August 14, 2024
Dana White Claims Alex Pereira Sells ‘400x’ the Number of PPVs That Jake Paul Does
When asked whether or not Alex Pereira is a bigger star than Jake Paul in the world of combat sports, White only needed to look at the pay-per-view numbers.
“Yes [of course], you don’t? You’re f*cking nuts,” White added. “Who do you think sells more PPVs? Alex, way more. So you’re saying you disagree he’s bigger than Jake Paul, he sells 400x the [amount Jake Paul does]. The Jake Paul fight that just happened didn’t sell any f*cking pay-per-views. They don’t sell sh*t for pay-per-views. I’ll give him this: It’s fascinating they keep getting new deals done with these guys that gotta be getting f*cked.”
Though official numbers have not been released, early reports on social media suggest that Paul’s fight with Mike Perry did a dismal 67,000 buys. Meanwhile, Pereira’s title defense against Jamahal Hill generated more than a million PPV buys while his recent rematch against Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 was the fourth-highest gate in UFC history.
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