Jake Paul appears unlikely to ever struggle in MMA regardless of signing a contract with the PFL, based on the league’s Dan Hardy.
YouTuber turned boxer Paul, 28, signed a deal with the PFL (Professional Fighters League) in 2023 which gave him the choice to struggle in MMA in addition to carry out an “advisory” position for the MMA promotion.
Hardy, who oversees the PFL’s European occasions, was requested about the opportunity of Paul transitioning within the close to future.
“Can we ever see him in MMA? I do not assume so,” Hardy instructed MMA Fighting, external.
“He is fairly centered on boxing.
“It is quite a lot of work for him to cross over to combined martial arts and he is not going to struggle anyone that you’ve got by no means heard of earlier than.
“It is going to should be an honest identify or in any other case individuals will not watch it.
“Even outdated guys in MMA might nonetheless deal with enterprise, I believe, with Jake Paul.”
Paul has primarily fought ex-MMA fighters in boxing and final yr confronted 58-year-old Mike Tyson in a drab contest.
The one defeat on his report was by Tommy Fury in February 2023.
Paul has arrange his personal promotional firm, Most Beneficial Promotions, as a boxer and lately referred to as out to two-time heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua for a struggle subsequent yr.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn ridiculed the match-up and Hardy says he now sees Paul as extra of a promotional instrument for the PFL quite than certainly one of their star fighters.
“I am not seeing him making any strikes in that route, actually from my perspective,” Hardy stated.
“He referred to as out Anthony Joshua the opposite day did he not? He is actually making issues fascinating for the fight sports activities world.
“He is undoubtedly a disruptor. That is the primary goal he is serving proper now. He is a profit to the PFL in that regard.”
