UFC legend Bruce Buffer believes Logan Paul would draw the same amount of attention as Conor McGregor if he fought in the organisation.
Paul, 27, is a boyhood fan of the UFC and has been teasing a fight in the octagon for several years. 'The Maverick' could be one step closer to making his debut for the promotion as his hydration drink Prime Energy, which he founded alongside KSI, is now an official sponsor of the UFC.
Buffer, who has been the cage announcer for the UFC since 1996, thinks Paul would excel in the octagon because of his athletic background. "I know Logan, he is a friend. He is very capable of fighting in the Octagon. He is an amazing athlete as he is proving with his WWE performances he is doing. "As far as a fighter, his base is wrestling, which is the strongest base in mixed martial arts to come from," Buffer told Express Sport.
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He is very strong, athletic and still a young man. He is very capable of having a fight with a good mixed martial artist, not a top 10 fighter. Logan Paul, when and if he ever walks in the Octagon it would be huge. It will be Conor McGregor numbers. A lot of his following is young teenagers but they watch the UFC anyway they would love to see Logan in there.
Paul was an extremely talented wrestler during his college days and even qualified for the Division I championships, the highest-level of intercollegiate sports in the US. Talks of Paul fighting in the UFC heated up last year when he called out Paddy Pimblett, despite their big size difference, telling the True Geordie podcast: "I'm taking out Paddy The Baddy dude, I'm taking him out."
Paul has since crossed over to the WWE and Buffer thinks he would bring over fans from the wrestling organisation if he fought in the UFC, adding: "You will have all of the WWE fans, just like when Brock Lesnar came over from WWE, and he brought another 250k or more buys to the PPV, it will be huge. It is not a put down to other fighters it just happens to be that Logan Paul is a very good fighter that wants to fight in the UFC.
"Everybody will want to fight Logan like they would want to go up against Conor. To beat Logan would be an instantaneous boost to their popularity. I am sure everyone has a difference of opinion but there is a term; 'who put's the a**** in the seats?' If you fill an arena and they're paying to see you then you deserve to make the money that is coming in."
