Jake Paul has signed a deal with the Free Match Promotion.
Jake Paul (pictured) immediately challenged Nate Diaz for starters. EPA / AOP
American star and boxer Jake Paul has made another bold territorial invasion. He has become a freelancer.
Paul, 25, has signed a contract with the PFL promotion in the United States, which is one of the biggest freestyle promotions in the world after the UFC.
Paul, who came to the world’s attention through YouTube, has focused his energy on boxing in recent years, and took a measure specifically of the UFC’s free fighters in the boxing ring.
At first he defeated by Ben Askrenthen twice Tyron Woodley and most recently in October, one of the legends of the sport, retired Anderson Silva.
Now Paul has challenged the cult figure of the UFC Nate Diaz’s for a two-part match, the first of which would be a boxing match and the latter a freestyle match.
There is no reason to underestimate Paul’s opportunities in freestyle, because he has also competed in wrestling when he was younger, and as we have seen, boxing is already going excellently.
The young Yankee star also takes on a big role in the PFL outside the ring. He starts marketing the promotion through his own huge social media channels. At the same time, he will become the face of PFL’s new PPV Super Fights division.
In addition, the PFL aims to increase the match fees received by the fighters, which has been Paul’s dream for a long time. In his contract announcement video, Paul pokes fun at the UFC boss To Dana Whitewho has been playing around with match bonuses in his own promotion.
Despite the PFL contract, Paul says that he still aims to become the boxing world champion.