Logan Paul isn’t the only member of the Paul family who has recently negotiated a fight with Conor McGregor.
His younger brother Jake Paul claims that McGregor’s management team has been “desperately” trying to agree a fight with him as well.
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This comes after McGregor declared on social media that he would face Logan in an exhibition match after rumors began circulating online that he was returning to action against UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria.
“The rumors of a match with (Topuria) are false,” the 36-year-old wrote on X on Tuesday.
“I have preliminary arrangements with the Ambrani family to meet Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India.
“I have agreed. I will then seek my return to the Octagon.”
The former two-weight champion in the UFC has not competed in MMA since July 2021 when he broke his leg Dustin Poirier.
He was scheduled to meet Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, however, the fight was stopped after McGregor broke his toe in sparring.
His return to the Octagon was then further delayed by legal issues.
In November, he was ordered to pay nearly €250,000 (£208,000) in damages after a jury found him liable for assaulting Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in 2018.
Less than a month later, McGregor is now planning his next move in martial arts and had initially reached out to Jake about a possible fight, according to “The Problem Child.”
“Now it all makes sense why Conor McGregor & his management team have been desperately trying to get MVP to negotiate a fight between us,” Jake tweeted on Tuesday, a couple of hours after McGregor confirmed he had agreed to fight his brother.
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“As we told them privately and I now say it publicly…
“The only way we’re willing to explore me against Conor in a pro boxing/MMA fight is if Dana White/UFC is at the table right away or makes it clear they’re ok with discussions.
“Conor is washed up. Needs Paul’s. Logan his way.”
Jake and Dana White have been embroiled in a bitter feud for a couple of years now and the UFC president has previously declared that he would never work with him or his brother.
Given that McGregor still has two fights left on his deal with the UFC, the expectation would be that MMA’s top promotion would have to give him permission to compete against Logan so it remains to be seen if that fight can logistically happen.
“First of all, I would never do business with those guys, just no, that’s not what I do,” White added ESPN three years ago.
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“I’m not going to loan them a guy, because what the hell?
“It doesn’t work. You’ve got tons of fucking studs out there that you can round up to come in and play these games that these guys are playing. I’m not your guy.”
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