Jake Paul has admitted he has a "problem in his head" after calling out a host of UFC stars including former middleweight champion Michael Bisping.
The YouTube star has gone 5-0 as a professional boxer, and is now angling for fights with the likes of Bisping and fellow ex-champion Anderson Silva. And despite controversy over Bisping only having one eye amid a host of other injuries, he has said that he has a psychological issue that forces him to respond to trash talking with bouts in the ring.
He has also called for a fight with the UFC's No.8-welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal, and argues that anybody from the top MMA promotion is "hiding" behind their contracts with Dana White. Speaking with Mirror Fighting ahead of Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano this weekend, Paul said: "I think [Bisping] is a silly call-out.
"It's an easy fight for me, it's a one round fight with an old guy. But here's the thing about me, if someone talks s***, I have to f*** them up. You see, I have a f***ing problem in my head. If someone talks s***, let's f***ing settle it in the ring, let's see if you're really 'bout that or if you're just talking on Twitter.
"So these guys who think they're so tough, these UFC champions who think they're so tough, I'll beat the f*** out of all of them, and I've got time to do it, I'm young, I've got time! So any of them can get it, as fast as we can get these deals done, I'm knocking them all out. Bisping wants to talk s***? Cool, let's get in the ring motherf***er! You p****."
"If anyone wants to talk s***, get in the f***ing ring you p****.," he continued in an abrasive rant. "Masvidal, you p****, all these guys are all talk and they're all cap. Their dad Dana f***ing owns them. They're a bunch of p****es that hide behind their f***ing contract. I'm mad!"
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Bisping, for his part, has done his best to make the fight a reality. It is essentially impossible for him to be sanctioned by any of the major state governing bodies due to his eye, let alone his history of knee issues.
He has gone to Canada, where the Tsuut'ina nation athletic commission have confirmed that they will be happy to licence him for the fight. “He says that if I can get licensed, he will fight me," Bisping said of Paul on his podcast Believe You Me. "I don’t want to fight Jake Paul. I don’t. But guess what? I know a few people. I haven’t been around this fight game this long to not have contacts…
"I’m talking about the Grey Eagle Resort & Casino, the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex & Chief Jim Starlight Centre, Alberta Travel Tourism board. The Tsuut'ina Combat Sports Commission have messaged me and said 100 per cent that they would host that fight and they would commission me with one eye. So, Mr. Jake Paul… the ball’s in your court.”
