Jake Paul has demanded Paddy Pimblett is given a huge pay rise after the Brit's latest UFC victory.
YouTube star Paul has campaigned for improved pay for UFC fighters, a project which has seen him clash with the promotion's president Dana White. Paul has even offered to fight in the cage for free if White agrees to his terms over pay and conditions.
And after Pimblett choked out Jordan Leavitt for his third UFC win, Paul, who is now a professional boxer, took to Twitter to demand the 27-year-old from Liverpool is paid his dues. "Pay Paddy his millions now," he said simply.
Paul, who will take on Hasim Rahman Jr in his sixth professional fight next month, has waged a bitter social media war with White who has been sparing in his responses. Most recently, Paul offered to fight UFC legend Nate Diaz in his final fight with the promotion.
Paul claimed he would do so for free, as long as White increased his fighters' minimum pay to $50,000. “I’ll be Nate Diaz’s last fight in the UFC," he told ESPN earlier this month. "I’ll throw on the MMA gloves and fight him for free as long as Dana White increases the minimum fighter pay to $50k and gives them healthcare benefits.
"That was my deal, I think the Nate Diaz fight should happen, and if it doesn't happen with that offer, it'll probably happen one day in a boxing ring. It makes a ton of sense, the UFC has been dead this whole year.
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"I get why fighters are trying to leave, boxing is s****ing on MMA this year. You haven't heard of any UFC fights and they've all be boring so I get why Nate is trying to get out, he's trying to come and face the money man which is me. It makes sense and I guess Dana White agrees."
Pimblett, meanwhile, earned just £18,000 for his victory over Rodrigo Vargas in March but recently signed a new four-year deal with the UFC which improved his fight purses.
