{"id":590175,"date":"2026-04-07T00:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590175\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T00:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:28:09","slug":"jake-paul-slams-dana-white-as-not-smart-enough-to-fix-ufcs-perceived-dying-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/590175\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul slams Dana White as &#8216;not smart enough&#8217; to fix UFC&#8217;s perceived &#8216;dying&#8217; brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions continue to rise between Jake Paul and UFC CEO Dana White after Paul slammed the upcoming White House event.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White and the UFC are weeks away from their most ambitious event yet on the White House lawn. After months of anticipation for the full fight card announcement for UFC Freedom 250, White revealed the fights last month to mixed reactions from fans and pundits.<\/p>\n<p>UFC Freedom 250 will be headlined by a lightweight title unification bout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ilia-topuria\/ilia-topuria-shares-cold-message-donald-trump-ufc-freedom-250-headliner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje<\/a>, and features Alex Pereira\u2019s move up to heavyweight to fight Ciryl Gane. Several former UFC standouts, including Francis Ngannou and Ronda Rousey, have slammed the upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last six years, White has went back-and-forth with polarizing boxing star Jake Paul on fighter pay and other UFC-related topics. They shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/dana-white\/video-dana-white-jake-paul-awkward-ncaa-national-championship-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an awkward encounter at the College Football Playoff Championship Game<\/a> earlier this year that went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of UFC Freedom 250, Paul used some airtime to reignite his long-standing feud with White and the UFC brass.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul: UFC, Dana White \u2018got greedy\u2019 with White House lineup<\/p>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pWnTGtBILak?si=P8tB6In8SJzCls0W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">This Past Weekend with Theo Von<\/a>, Paul took his latest shot at the UFC head.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot smart enough,\u201d Paul said of White.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust look at what he\u2019s doing! You don\u2019t get Jon Jones on the White House card? First of all, Justin Gaethje is going to lose to Ilia [Topuria], on the White House card. So you have a Spaniard beating a white American on the patriotic White House card? Big mistake. Why are you not going to pay Jon Jones? They\u2019ve gotten greedy, and they\u2019ve forgotten their hearts as a company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s dying, because the best people in the sport become wrestlers and they just hold on,\u201d Paul continued. \u201cLook at Khabib, Khamzat. Boring! No one wants that\u2026who has Paramount?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, White hasn\u2019t responded to Paul\u2019s latest remarks. Paul and Most Valuable Promotions will look to make their stamp on Mixed Martial Arts with the upcoming Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano card.<\/p>\n<p>What are your overall thoughts on the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 card? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tensions continue to rise between Jake Paul and UFC CEO Dana White after Paul slammed the upcoming White&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,786,17499,9225,8944,785,85,787],"class_list":{"0":"post-590175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-dana-white","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-ilia-topuria","13":"tag-jake-paul","14":"tag-justin-gaethje","15":"tag-mma","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-ufc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}