Logan Paul’s standing as a WWE famous person could place him underneath the identical TKO company umbrella because the UFC, however UFC CEO Dana White appears tired of benefiting from Paul’s star energy. Paul shared on a current episode of his “Impaulsive” podcast that White did not return his calls about moving into the Octagon.
“I informed Dana for UFC 300, I texted him, ‘Hey man, take into account me obtainable to battle on the undercard within the Sphere,'” Paul mentioned. “Principally, [he] fully ignored me, which I believe speaks volumes. I have never bothered him about it since.”
UFC 300 was one of many greatest occasions in current firm historical past, however it was UFC 306 that was held within the Sphere. UFC 306 was the primary dwell sporting occasion held inside Las Vegas’ Sphere and the promotion handled it as an enormous occasion however clearly did not see a profit to bringing in Paul for his first blended martial arts bout.
Paul positioned the blame for White not returning his textual content on the failure of one other present WWE star, citing CM Punk’s disastrous UFC profession because the probably wrongdoer.
“He f—ed it up,” Paul mentioned about Punk. “He f—ed it up, and after that Dana was like, ‘I am by no means doing this once more.’ However, dude, I am not CM Punk. He is an incredible wrestler, not a UFC fighter. I believe I might be a a lot better UFC fighter than I might be as only a boxer. My ability is wrestling. I am a wrestler.”
Punk fought twice within the UFC, struggling a submission loss to Mickey Gall after which a call loss to Mike Jackson. The loss to Jackson was later overturned after it was introduced that Jackson had failed a drug take a look at as a result of presence of marijuana metabolites.
Paul has some expertise within the fight sports activities world, having boxed fellow social media influencer KSI, MMA fighter Dillon Danis and an exhibition with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Paul was additionally an excellent novice wrestler in highschool, qualifying for the Ohio Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation 2013 Division I wrestling championships.
Paul should stay content material together with his WWE profession, the place he has impressed with sheer athleticism and character.