Jake Paul and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis are set to box one another on Netflix later this year and while some are negative about the fight, one of the most exciting welterweights in UFC history seems game for the looming contest. Paul vs. Davis transpires on November 14th, with many curious about how a bout like this will be handled, considering the near-hundred-pound weight disparity between the two.
While Davis has collected gold as a lightweight, Paul normally fights at cruiserweight and heavyweight, with some wondering if this will be an official bout in an agreed-upon weight category or an exhibition contest that won’t go on the professional records of either.
During a recent edition of The Fighter vs. The Writer featuring Damon Martin of MMA Fighting, Matt Brown was discussing his thoughts on the bout and indicated he gets where Paul is coming from with locking in this Davis fight instead of fighting a lesser name cruiserweight without the cache of ‘Tank’. Getting into the machinations of this curious contest, Brown said [via MMA Fighting],
“I’m here for the circus. Jake Paul sold me. Maybe it’s the marketing, maybe it’s the bulls**t. He sold me. I’m into it. I want to see it now. The fact that it’s Tank Davis, I love watching him fight. I want to see him fight him now.”
“I’d rather see Jake fight somebody real, just like everybody else — ‘yeah, fight somebody your size that’s real good.’ He’s trying to sell tickets. He don’t give a f*ck. He’s selling tickets to the circus, and I’m going to the circus. I want to see it.”