Jake Paul has promised to "swallow" Michael Bisping's eyeball as the pair's social media war of words grows increasingly outrageous.
Paul, a 5-0 professional boxer since swapping his career as a YouTuber for the ring in 2020, has been engaged in a bitter online feud with UFC legend Bisping in the hopes of enticing the Brit out of retirement for a boxing match. The pair have gone back-and-forth in recent days, with Paul now declaring he wants to swallow his rival's eyeball in an absurd call-out.
Bisping has taken his own shots at Paul, declaring he will never have a chance to become a respected name in the fight community. But the American's latest outburst is strange by both men's standards, with the YouTuber making light of a severe injury that cost Bisping his eye during his fight career.
Content warning: Strong language
"So Bisping's come at me at Twitter saying I'll never win a championship and I'll never earn the respect of the fight community," Paul said in a Twitter video directed at the former UFC middleweight champion. "And he might be right. You can't pay your rent or your mortgage with the championship belt or with respect so quite frankly I don't give a f***.
"When I was crying earlier, after he tweeted me, I was sobbing... I started to wipe my tears away with the $50million I made last year. With my last fight, by the time round three was over I'd made more money than he made in his whole career, so I get why he's mad; I'm the new kid on the block talking all this s***."
And after a fairly tame call-out that generally went the same direction as most, Paul finished off with an outlandish declaration that he would eat Bisping's eyeball. He shared a news story from late last year where the Brit praised him.
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"Here are the two things I want to point out," Paul said after reading off a story where Bisping declared he was not still a YouTuber. "A) Tyron Woodley was a five-time UFC champion and look what happened and B) Michael Bisping has paid me respect. Suspicious... so does this mean you respect me Michael? I think it does. You're swallowing your own words - I want to swallow your eye ball, pop that thing out for me daddy."
It comes after Bisping slammed Paul with a brutal put down in their social media war of words earlier following his initial joke about the Brit's eye. He responded to taunts from the social media star by slamming Paul's illegitimacy in the combat sports world, relative to his own successes.
"Yeah yeah, listen," Bisping tweeted to Paul. "One eye, two eyes. I won a world championship and more importantly the respect of the fight community. Sadly little Jakey, that’s 2 things you’ll NEVER do. Ever. Let that sink in."
