JAKE PAUL kept his pursuit of Conor McGregor's boxing match going by messaging Conor McGregor on Instagram.
A few days after scoring a stunning second-roundKO win over Nate Robinson, the YouTuber declared his desire to face McGregor. This was on the undercard for Mike Tyson's exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr. late last year.
The 24-year-old reaffirmed his desire to box McGregor last July in an inane tirade on Instagram in which he claimed that his team had sent McGregor a staggering PS37million ($50million).
McGregor did not respond to Paul's x-rated call out, in which he made disparaging comments about Dee Devlin, the Irishman’s fiancee.
Paul, whose older brother Logan was in the UFC ring with Floyd Mayweather, sent another message on Instagram to try to grab his attention.
Paul's message was: "Take the fight, pussy."
Paul shared his DM with McGregor. He launched a fervent rant at Dana White, UFC president, who said he was open to letting Amanda Nunes, women's featherweight and bantamweight, fight the former Disney star.
He replied: "Alright Dana, I will try to understand your logic. So, you are saying that Conor McGregor is the best fighter in the world, and that you don't want to fight him. And, of course, you're just like a YouTuber.
"But then, in today's statement, you said: "Oh, Amanda Nunes knocking him out." But she's also one the greatest.
Dana, it seems like you have a thing where you hate videogamers and YouTubers and influencers.
"But then you spend half of your time hanging out at the Nelk Boys. It's not hard to understand why. They have a lot of influence over the male audience, and that's going to promote the UFC.
"And right now baby, there's no one in this f***ing universe who promotes the UFC as strongly as I.
Tens of millions of hits, number one Google search result when you enter Conor McGregor or UFC. This is why you aren't making sense.
"Dana! I'm sure the world doesn’t know this because UFC is such a huge company. We all know that it isn't doing so well.
Jake Paul defeated Nate Robinson in the undercard of Mike Tyson’s exhibition fight with Roy Jones Jr.
"Anyone involved in WME, all the public stock and everything that went wrong there, we know the company's not doing well. If Khabib does not retire, I will be the most money-fighting person you can have.
"So, if you want UFC to make more money, you should wake up and realize that Jake Paul vs Conor McGregor will happen at some point."
Paul's tirade at White occurred shortly after he attacked McGregor's teammate Dillon Danis, and pelted him in water balloons.
Paul is a novice in combat sports, but he is a true champion of MMA and boxing.
