Francis Ngannou has poured cold water on Jake Paul's idea of a fighters' union as the YouTube star ups the ante in his attempt to improve conditions for UFC stars.
Paul, who has a 5-0 record as a professional boxer and who has flirted with switching to mixed martial arts, has locked horns with UFC president Dana White in recent months. Paul has repeatedly demanded White pay his fighters more - and introduce benefits such as health care.
White has dismissed the social media upstart's calls but Paul has refused to back down. "The fighters can band together," he insisted in an episode of The Shop in which he appeared with Ngannou. "We can. My ultimate goal is to create a fighters’ union. It needs to be done. It seems impossible and maybe it will be but that’s how.
