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Jake Paul tells Conor McGregor to fight Jorge Masvidal instead of Nate Diaz

Jake Paul has told Conor McGregor to target a fight with Jorge Masvidal.

Masvidal was beaten by Colby Covington last night as their bitter feud was settled over five rounds at UFC 272.

McGregor is currently recovering from the broken leg he suffered against Dustin Poirier last summer.

The Irishman is targeting a return in the summer or autumn - but is likely to come back at lightweight rather than in Masvidal's welterweight division.

But Paul feels the pair are made for each other - because they both carry power in their hands while having "weak" chins.

"We already know Conor can’t finish Diaz," the YouTube boxer said on social media. "[The] right fight to make is [sic] Masvidoll vs Macgregor.

Conor McGregor in action against Dustin Poirier (Zuffa LLC)

"[It's a] 50/50 fight [which] ends in a KO. Both can throw and both have weak chins."

Masvidal and McGregor have called each other out in the past with Masvidal's manager Malki Kawa claiming the Dubliner is not interested in the fight.

“Every time he’s ever tweeted, or anybody’s ever tweeted that name at us or Jorge, I do the following: I call [UFC executive] Hunter [Campbell], I say, ‘Hey Hunter, what’s good? You saw Conor?’” Kawa said last year on The MMA Hour.

"[Hunter says], ‘Yeah, he doesn’t want that fight.’ OK, boom. Every single time. It never fails.

"I don’t know if that’s real, or not real, but I know that they said they’ve tried to make that fight a couple times – Conor will not take it.

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"You’ve heard [UFC President] Dana [White], Jorge’s too big for him, and that’s the end of that story. So listen, if they wanted to make that fight, our end accepts no matter what. We’re all in."

And afer Masvidal pulled out of a fight with Leon Edwards last year, McGregor hit out at the Miami native.

"It's also Jorge Masvidal's birthday but he a b**** for bottling the fight against Leon," he tweeted.

"F*** your 'injury' You sign to fight, you fight. Strip that [BMF] belt from him that he never even won.

"Hoe in a housecoat. The f**k was that about as well? Last seasons Versace house coat hahaha wtf!"

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