{"id":559596,"date":"2026-04-30T23:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559596\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:38:22","slug":"jake-paul-claims-paddy-pimblett-rejected-1million-offer-for-sparring-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/559596\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Paul claims Paddy Pimblett rejected $1million offer for sparring match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jake Paul backs himself to beat MMA’s biggest stars in boxing and wants to fight them all.<\/p>\n

The American has gone as far as to say that he’s even previously offered Paddy Pimblett<\/a> $1million and a private jet to fly over for a sparring match, but the response was ‘radio silence’.<\/p>\n

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Paul says MMA fighters like Pimblett and Ilia Topuria ‘act like they\u2019re better than they are to the world’Credit: Getty<\/p>\n

Paul, who broke his jaw in two places<\/a> in his last fight against Anthony Joshua<\/a>, has been in a war of words with UFC<\/a> CEO Dana White<\/a> throughout his career.<\/p>\n

Paul’s war with the UFC<\/p>\n

‘The Problem Child’ has frequently targeted the UFC’s fighter pay model<\/a>, adding that he’d have no issue bringing White’s best fighters over to boxing to beat them in the ring.<\/p>\n

This has prompted many of the sport’s elites to question Paul’s legitimacy as a ‘real’ fighter.<\/p>\n

In February, Paul continued the war by trading X-rated, verbal blows with UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria<\/a> on a live stream with popular creator Adin Ross.<\/p>\n

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Topuria said Paul ‘sucks’ as a boxer, so the latter challenged the champion to a sparring bout to settle the debate.<\/p>\n

This week, Paul continued to stir the pot regarding his thoughts on facing MMA fighters in boxing, something he says they all want to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve proven it time and time again with the best strikers from MMA by beating them pretty easily at an earlier point in my career,\u201d Paul told Complex News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paul has wins on his record over many former UFC fighters, including Anderson Silva<\/a>, Nate Diaz<\/a> and Mike Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Diaz and Perry fight one another under Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) next month, as part of a stacked Ronda Rousey vs Gina Carano card<\/a> for Netflix’s first MMA show.<\/p>\n

Paul: Topuria would be ‘warm-up’ for me in boxing<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cSo when they say they can beat me in boxing or whatever, what they\u2019re saying is a joke to me.<\/p>\n

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Paul has put together a massive card for MVP and Netflix’s first-ever MMA eventCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I finally just want someone to get in there with me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to send a jet to Paddy Pimblett, actually, to spar. I was going to give him a million dollars, and then it\u2019s just radio silence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m guessing it\u2019ll be the same with Topuria. They say publicly when they\u2019re on live streams, \u2018I\u2019ll do it right now.\u2019 And then when it goes to happen, it just doesn\u2019t come to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will see, and I have respect for him. But in a boxing match, that\u2019s honestly a warm-up for me. All jokes aside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we did MMA, he would probably win. But you just have to know the truth, and these fighters try to boast too much and act like they\u2019re better than they are to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on a future contest against Topuria, Paul concluded: “It would be like playing with a little toy, I\u2019m not even kidding. <\/p>\n

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Paul wants the UFC’s biggest stars to get in the ring with him and back up their wordCredit: Getty\"Ilia<\/a><\/p>\n

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The American believes Topuria would be easy work in the ringCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

“Also, he\u2019s like 5\u20195\u201d. If we were the same weight and height, it would probably be closer. <\/p>\n

“I would still beat him, but he can\u2019t even ride rollercoasters; the guy\u2019s tiny.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the biggest talking points around Paul’s Netflix show has been the money MVP are paying their fighters.<\/p>\n

Main eventer Rousey has blasted the UFC for its ‘poverty-level’ pay<\/a> in the build-up, claiming those on her card are making a minimum of $40,000.<\/p>\n

This is why Paul continues to fire shots in the direction of the UFC’s big names, saying they’re shying away from him.<\/p>\n

Paul says UFC stars should follow Ngannou<\/p>\n

Paul believes UFC fighters should follow a similar path to Francis Ngannou<\/a>, who faces Philipe Lins as the co-main event<\/a> to Rousey-Carano on May 16.<\/p>\n

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For all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out talkSPORT.com’s UFC schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ngannou left the UFC in 2022 after a contract dispute with White and accepted two lucrative boxing fights against Tyson Fury<\/a> and Joshua, before contesting his only bout with the PFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Paul says Ngannou is ‘making more than the whole UFC roster combined,’ having now signed with MVP.<\/p>\n

Although Paul denied any ‘poaching’ tactics, there’s no doubt MVP are keeping an eye on the best of the best in the UFC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jake Paul backs himself to beat MMA’s biggest stars in boxing and wants to fight them all. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,6566,716,90605,120284,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-559596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-jake-paul","tag-mma","tag-mma-news","tag-paddy-pimblett","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}