Jake Paul says the UFC skipped an opportunity to go head-to-head together with his promotion’s debut MMA card on Netflix this Saturday. He figures they noticed the lineup and backed off. The occasion pulls in large names like Ronda Rousey in opposition to Gina Carano in the primary battle at featherweight, 145 kilos, set for 5 five-minute rounds in a cage with four-ounce gloves.
MVP’s card at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles begins prelims at 6 p.m. ET on Tudum and YouTube, predominant card at 9 p.m. ET reside on Netflix. Nate Diaz takes on Mike Perry at welterweight, 170 kilos. Francis Ngannou faces Philipe Lins at heavyweight, 265 kilos restrict. Different bouts embrace Salahdine Parnasse versus Kenneth Cross at light-weight, Junior dos Santos in opposition to Robelis Despaigne at heavyweight, plus fights with Jason Jackson, Aline Pereira, and extra on the undercard.
Jake Paul praises MVP MMA lineup, says UFC selected to not compete: “You wouldn’t need to”
Paul spoke on Ariel Helwani’s present this week. He identified the UFC ran a Struggle Night time the identical day, Could 16, with Arnold Allen versus Melquizael Costa headlining on the Apex in Las Vegas on Paramount+.
“You wouldn’t need to compete with this present, and I don’t assume they might,” Paul mentioned. He in contrast it to the UFC’s larger Freedom 250 on June 14 on the White Home, headlined by Ilia Topuria in opposition to Justin Gaethje for light-weight title unification, with Alex Pereira going through Ciryl Gane in co-main.
Again in 2009, EliteXC put Fedor Emelianenko on CBS in opposition to Brett Rogers. UFC aired Anderson Silva’s win over Forrest Griffin from UFC 101, plus Vitor Belfort versus Wealthy Franklin and B.J. Penn in opposition to Kenny Florian, all on Spike TV on the similar time. That transfer pulled eyes from the rival. Paul sees his Netflix push as a shift, with MVP getting into MMA after boxing occasions like his battle with Mike Tyson. Moreover, the UFC put Anderson Silva on Spike TV to counterprogram the primary Affliction occasion.
UFC caught to its Apex plan for Could 16, a typical Struggle Night time card with matchups like Choi Doo-ho versus Daniel Santos and Ketlen Vieira in opposition to Jacqueline Cavalcanti. Dana White has shrugged off Paul earlier than, saying he didn’t find out about MVP fights. Paul claims White appears checked out, targeted on his personal life as a billionaire. No direct UFC response hit on Paul’s newest phrases.
Rousey, ex-UFC girls’s bantamweight champ, referred to as the UFC one of many worst spots for pay throughout promo. Carano pioneered girls’s MMA earlier than performing. Netflix steps in with its first reside MMA broadcast, whereas UFC holds Paramount offers. Paul has bashed UFC fighter pay and matchmaking in pressers.
