Get your popcorn ready as Jake Paul‘s saga with Sean Strickland continues.
As you may already know, Strickland’s not the biggest fan of social media influencers. The former UFC Middleweight Champion demolished popular streamer ‘Sneako’ in a sparring session, got into it with rapper Machine Gun Kelly and even called out TikToker and 1-0 BKFC fighter Bryce Hall, all inside this month.
Paul: You Sparred Sneako, So Why Not Me?
Following what happened with Sneako, Paul made a lucrative offer to spar Strickland, one that ‘Tarzan’ couldn’t come to terms with apparently, citing that he’s obviously under UFC contract.
Paul believes Strickland is trying to find an excuse not to fight him.
“The guy seems to be having a some sort of quarter life crisis,” Paul said of Strickland on his podcast. “Just spazzing out on everyone, trying to beat up some influencers and such. But it’s a it’s a typical story of these UFC guys who call me out and then go quiet. I’ll send you the PJ (private jet), let me know where. We could spar for $1,000,000. And then all of a sudden, it’s, ‘Oh, I would get sued by the UFC if I sparred Jake’… but, you just sparred Sneako.”
‘He’s Making Up Excuses’
‘The Problem Child’ says it really shouldn’t be a problem at all for a UFC fighter like Strickland to spar with him.
“You could spar anyone contractually in your UFC contract that has nothing to do, it says nothing about sparring. So you spar an influencer, but then all of a sudden when I challenge you and wanna send you a private jet Right. He’s making up excuses, saying he’s gonna, you know, get sued by people, spazzing on MGK for no reason.
“The guy just is— and even Dana White. I disagree with Dana on many, many things, but we agree on on also a lot of things. And even Dana himself said, ‘Can’t put Sean Strickland around any human being’. So, I feel bad for the guy. I see a very insecure, lost wannabe alpha male that’s hiding behind the tough man complex. He needs a hug.”
And yes, UFC CEO Dana White did say those very things about Sean Strickland, who will likely respond to Jake Paul’s latest comments anytime now.
Dana White: You can't bring Sean Strickland around any other human beings. It has nothing to do with Machine Gun Kelly, it's about humans. pic.twitter.com/PZJK7eVcgr
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) February 10, 2024
