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Finally, a reason Jake Paul needs to square with. The YouTuber turned boxer is used to fighters accepting his terms of a fight. However, the Baddy from Merseyside, England, is one of a kind. Paddy Pimblett wants Jake Paul to deposit $1 million in his account.

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Jake Paul made noise when he called Paddy for a fight. The video clip is a rejoinder to Paddy’s recent interview.

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Hosted by former soccer players Ray Parlour and Alan Brazil, the Pub Talk had Paddy Pimblett speak at length about his suspicions on the Jake Paul fights, “Yeah, but I don’t think the Tyron Woodley knockout was fixed. “…..I seen an angle of a punch he hit Anderson Silva with the other day where he sat down, and he didn’t even hit him.”

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The Baddy’s comments made Jake Paul see red. Immediately posting a video, he challenged the mixed martial artists from England to visit Puerto Rico for a sparring bout. Additionally, he tossed up $1 million as the prize money. He accused Paddy of disrespecting the UFC great Anderson Silva.

Paddy is currently at UFC’s state-of-the-art Performance Institute, preparing for the upcoming bout against Jared Gordon. Not wasting any time, he agreed to the fight but added, “Of course, but I’m under contract by the UFC, and he said this knowing full well that’m fighting next week; no I mean as if he does not know I’m fighting next week and he’s like I’ll fly…”

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Getting down to it, he told Paul to visit the Performance Institute, and they could spar to their full. But it seems, The Baddy, apprehensive whether Jake Paul will honor the terms of the fight, wants the latter to deposit the agreed amount in his escrow account, “…But the thing is, we’d have to get the $1 million put in escrow, because I know he’d just bump me. He wouldn’t give me $1 million after I beat him up.”

Jake Paul: Heads I win, Tails you Lose

A wobbly response from Paul triggered Paddy’s trepidation. The former kept asking the Englishman to visit Puerto Rico but could not present a valid excuse for not being to travel to PI. Likewise, Pimblett highlighted the difference in weight. Weighing 155 lbs., he questioned whether Paul, weighing 195 lbs., was willing to agree on a well-disposed scale ensuring total equitability.

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Out of the nineteen wins of his career, Paddy won nine through submissions. Unmistakably it dispenses a grappling heavy fighting style for a first-degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

However, Paddy has expressed a willingness to walk the extra length and spar with Jake in a form the latter is comfortable with.

Paul seems dissatisfied with the new terms and has made a new proposition, “Fella, my team told me you have been trying to book me for your podcast, January 5.

“So I’m sending you a jet to bring you to Puerto Rico. Both of our teams will film. We spar, five rounds, and then we can do your podcast. By then, you will be back to your normal weight. No excuses.”

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Fresh after defeating Anderson Silva, Jake Paul is on the hunt again. Talks are on for a fight with fellow YouTuber KSI and bête noire Tommy Fury in 2023. The duo aside, Jake, true to himself, called out Conor McGregor and Canelo.

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Jaideep R. Unnithan is a Senior Boxing Writer at EssentiallySports and one of the division’s most trusted voices. Since joining in October 2022, he has brought a deep love for the sport into every story, whether reporting on live bouts with the ES LiveEvent Desk or unpacking the legacy of fighters from different eras as part of the features desk. Trained under EssentiallySports’ prestigious Journalistic Excellence Program, which is a specialized training initiative designed to refine top writers' skills through mentorship and advanced sports journalism techniques, Jaideep’s writing reflects a quiet authority shaped by two years of covering boxing’s flashpoints and fault lines. He is drawn to the warrior code of legends like Alexis Argüello and Marvin Hagler, while also staying attuned to the promise of rising stars like Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, David Benavidez, and Dmitry Bivol. Jaideep has a special fascination with Naoya Inoue’s old-school grit. Beyond writing, he reads widely, a habit that sharpens his storytelling, whether he’s tracing the rhythm of a classic fight or preparing his next ringside dispatch. Before joining EssentiallySports, Jaideep worked as a client manager and team manager in corporate roles, bringing strong organizational and communication skills to his journalistic career. He has also completed notable certifications, including a Non-Fiction Book Writing Workshop.

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