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Jake Paul Trolls UFC's Ilia Topuria, Open to Conor McGregor, Sean Strickland and Khabib Fights

Doric SamApr 29, 2026

After having his boxing skills called out, Jake Paul fired back at UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria.

While speaking to Matt Welty of Complex News (3:40 mark), Paul declared that he would dominate Topuria if he accepted his offer to spar together.

"I have respect for him, but in a boxing match, that's honestly a warm-up for me," Paul said. "All jokes aside, if we did MMA, he would probably win. But you just have to know the truth, and I think these fighters try to boast too much and act like they're better than they are to the world. But let's find out the truth. That's what's great about the sport. ... It would be like playing with a little toy. I'm not even kidding. Also, he's like 5'5". If we were the same weight —he's a good striker — same height, it would probably be closer. I would still beat him, but like, he can't even ride a roller coaster. The guy is tiny."

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Paul and Topuria initially went back and forth during a livestream in February after the UFC star told the YouTuber, "I'm saying that as a boxer, you suck. Because I don't think you have good boxing. You're just an average level of boxer, which is respect, for me. I respect it." Topuria accepted Paul's challenge to spar, but it now sounds like Paul isn't holding his breath that it will actually happen.

Paul went on to call out more UFC stars, declaring that he would welcome fights against Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Sean Strickland.

"I've always said that one of the biggest that can happen in the world is me vs. McGregor in MMA, and I'm down, but also me vs. Khabib in MMA would be massive, so we need to get Khabib out of retirement," Paul said (11:50 mark).

However, Paul reiterated that he doesn't believe any of those fights will come to fruition while the fighters are under contract with the UFC.

"Here's the problem," Paul said (4:40 mark). "It's almost like we're wasting our breath talking about these things because it's like a director of a movie talking about what he's gonna make, and then he never makes it and the fans don't ever get to watch the movie, because these guys are under contract and they're not gonna let them out to do these fights, which is unfortunate."

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