KSI given hope by Dana White's real reason for refusing Conor McGregor vs Logan Paul
KSI given hope by Dana White's real reason for refusing Conor McGregor vs Logan Paul
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UFC president Dana White's reason for blocking Conor McGregor's showdown with Logan Paul was due to his hatred for the WWE star's younger brother, Jake. Back in December, McGregor took to X - formerly known as Twitter - to reveal that he was in talks to fight Jake Paul's older brother inside the boxing ring. "The rumours of a bout with Topuria are false. I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India. I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon," he wrote.
However, last week, 'The Notorious' caused real upset across the combat sports community by confirming that his potential clash with 'The Maverick' will no longer take place. “It is what it is,” McGregor told “The Schmo”. “The UFC just aren’t into it. The offer was there on the table, in writing. Both athletes will say, ‘He’s not fighting,’ but both athlete are under the TKO banner. UFC, WWE both rising up. The stock price of TKO Holding Ground (is) through the roof. New market in India opened up and booming. It was business savvy, and business sense to make the fight happen. Or should I say the glorified spar happen.
“In between this waiting period that we find ourselves in before I can get back to the octagon, it made perfect sense on the calendar to go ahead with it. The UFC weren’t into it. The WWE, I’m not sure what their interest in it was. I just knew the UFC weren’t into it.”.
McGregor's boss, White, has completely been against the fight from minute one, and that is due to his relationship with Jake. "Dana White hates Jake Paul," a source told the Daily Mail. "There is a constant tumultuous attitude towards each other, and they have a never-ending feud because Jake continues to call out Dana on how he treats his fighters and how they get paid.
