{"id":678973,"date":"2026-05-18T16:50:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678973\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:50:25","slug":"jake-paul-trashes-conor-mcgregor-warns-ufc-about-new-mma-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/678973\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul Trashes Conor McGregor, Warns UFC About New MMA Promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-18-May-2026-11-15-AM-8080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24036755\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">\u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Jake Paul vows to take on the UFC with his new MVP MMA organization.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Paul\u2019s MVP MMA promotion launched following its Netflix-hosted Rousey\/Carano fight card.<\/p>\n<p>During the card, UFC\u2019s Dana White announced Conor McGregor\u2019s return in July during Francis Ngannou\u2019s walkout, which many viewed as a direct shot at Paul\u2019s MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Paul reacted to White\u2019s announcement by trashing McGregor and the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Coke head is back. Drop it during our event doesn\u2019t matter. That just shows how pressed they are, little insecure boys piggybacking off our event\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jake Paul reacts to Conor McGregor\u2019s UFC return against Max Holloway being dropped during Francis Ngannou\u2019s walkout<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Coke head is back. Drop it during our event doesn\u2019t matter. That just shows how pressed they are, little insecure boys piggybacking off our event\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Af4zIyxSeH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Af4zIyxSeH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FULL SEND MMA (@full_send_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/full_send_mma\/status\/2055880432542245042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Rousey\u2019s 17-second win against Carano, Paul directly warned the UFC that MVP MMA was coming after them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will definitely see more. We\u2019re breaking records tonight. This is one of the most viewed MMA events in history and it\u2019s all credit to these women, to Francis, to Mike, to Nate \u2014 they put it all on the line. And MVP is just getting warmed up in MMA and you\u2019re going to see a lot of us. So White House, Dana White, all of you \u2014 be prepared because this is the takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jake Paul: White House, Dana White, all of you, be prepared, because this is the takeover.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/spUHEOEcCg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/spUHEOEcCg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jed I. Goodman \u00a9 (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/2055866307841827135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Jake Paul vows to take on the UFC with his new MVP MMA organization.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,958,786,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-678973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dana-white","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678973","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=678973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}