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‘Almost Poked My Eyes Out With Those Bows’: Fans Slam Jake Paul for Displaying ’50-Year-Old’ Dad-Esque Moves

Published 10/06/2022, 1:30 PM EDT

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Ahead of his anticipated October 29 fight with veteran fighter Anderson Silva, Jake Paul appeared in an interview conducted by Mike Bohn from MMA Junkie. In this interview, ‘The Problem Child’ spoke about his expectations from the upcoming match, 700,000 potential PPV buys, and his personal MMA moves.

Reportedly, Jake Paul, along with boxing, is going through hardcore MMA training. In fact, he even offered the hope of a ‘potential and big announcement’ soon in his combat sports career ahead of the Silva fight. Will fans see Jake Paul in MMA soon? Speaking of this, Paul, during the interview, exhibited some of his MMA skills.

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Getting off the chair, the 25-year-old, smiling, threw a dozen of elbows and knees in the air. He then concluded this brief and exclusive exhibition with a round kick. Having done so, Paul said, “That’s it. That’s all you get. The only information I’m giving you”. 

Seeing Paul’s striking skills, fans reacted heavily on YouTube on the channel MMA Junkie. Here are some of the reactions made by fans.

Fans react to Jake Paul and his exclusive MMA skills

Jake Paul, since he turned pro, fought two MMA athletes in boxing. First, it was the former Bellator, ONE, and UFC champion Ben Askren, and then he had former UFC welterweight champion, Tyron Woodley. ‘The Problem Child’ defeated both Askren and Woodley and on October 29th he will face Anderson Silva in his 6th professional fight.

Meanwhile, seeing Jake Paul’s MMA skills and his bow, one wrote, “Almost poked my eye out with those bows”.

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Another said, “My dad starting to exercise for [the] first time in 50 years”.

Someone else wrote, “Those elbows are fire”. 

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Another fan said, “Jake should fight a Muay Thai fighter, not these nobodies”.

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Finally, one commented saying, “Yh [Yeah] my kicks are about 7 rn [right now]”. 

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Jake Paul’s elder brother Logan Paul made a move to pro wrestling from boxing. Can Jake Paul also switch to MMA from his current sport? Judging by his performance in the ring, how do you think Paul would do in MMA? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Samrat Sardar

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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Ajinkya Aswale