It’s not often that the topic ends up in the headlines, but not much needs to be said, as no one wants to see UFC legend Conor McGregor fight Logan Paul.
A few days ago, rumors spread that McGregor will return to UFC to fight Featherweight champion Illia Topuria. Early Tuesday morning, McGregor dismissed those rumors.
Topuria also dismissed them.
Instead of making his long-awaited return to the UFC, fresh off the heels of his June 29 fight with Michael Chandler, McGregor is now calling out Logan Paul.
While UFC boss Dana White continues to talk about something big coming in 2025, it’s becoming increasingly clear that McGregor has little interest in returning to the Octagon.
Calling out Logan Paul furthers the feeling that McGregor has taken the fight game too seriously.
Now don’t get me wrong. There is no doubt that in a world where this actually happens, it would be huge. Logan has done an amazing job reviving his career as a creator and is still one of WWE’s hottest stars.
But here’s the thing. He is not a fighter. If anything, a fight between Jake Paul and McGregor would at least be more interesting, especially coming off the heels of the main event with Mike Tyson.
Jake confirmed what McGregor wrote, saying that his promotion company, Most Valuable Promotions, would be willing to explore working with McGregor as long as the UFC was directly involved or would sign off on it.
Logan’s last boxing match was a complete showdown against Dillon Danis, who obviously didn’t take the fight as seriously as he took the promotion. The elder Paul then retired from boxing and decided to seriously pursue WWE, in which he excelled.
A boxing match, or an MMA match, with McGregor does very little for anyone other than enriching everyone. Which, at the end of the day, is really what this influencer battleground is all about.
Once again, it cannot be denied that McGregor’s celebrity pairing with the Paul brothers would get a lot of eyeballs. But what is the point?
The Pauls are both over six feet tall. McGregor is just nine feet nine inches. Both Pauls weigh more than 200 pounds. McGregor was the UFC featherweight and lightweight champion.
Logan has an exhibition boxing match with Floyd Mayweather in 2021. It was a big event that ended up being very boring. A fight with McGregor (who had a showdown with Mayweather in 2017) could be the same.
No one wants to see this. At the age of 36, McGregor’s chances of taking part in serious fights in the UFC are rapidly diminishing.
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