Ali Abdelaziz
Out of nowhere Kamaru Usman vs Jake Paul is all over the internet
Kamaru Usman successfully defended his welterweight title for the fourth time against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 261.
Usman’s second-round knockout was so brutal that, it had Masvidal apologizing to his home crowd of Florida at the post-fight interview.
This was the first time fans were allowed inside the stadium for a UFC event since the coronavirus pandemic began. Among the crowd of 15000 was YouTuber Jake Paul who was coming off a nasty KO win over Ben Askren in his third professional boxing bout.
The Problem Child was booed every time he was shown on screen, and he even had an altercation with UFC commentator and former champ Daniel Cormier.
Usman’s manager Ali Abdelaziz recently addressed talks of a possible bout between Usman and Paul in an interview with TMZ Sports. And that’s when Abdelaziz divulged how the Nigerian Nightmare used to live in the jungle.
Abdelaziz was quoted as saying:
“Kamaru Usman would eat this boy’s heart out. It would bring back his days in the jungle. Kamaru used to live in the jungle…He used to live with a lot of animals and lions. That’s how he used to grow up – in the jungle, like Tarzan. They call him the Black Tarzan.”
Despite very little possibility of the fight between Kamaru Usman and Jake Paul happening, Abdelaziz still believes that a fight between the two would bring in exorbitant amount of PPV buys.
However, he mentioned that the PPV buys would rain down only if the fight happened on a UFC platform. He was unsure about how the fight would pan out if it took place under Triller Fight Club.
Abdelaziz told TMZ Sports:
“When Dana is the promoter…I think this is gonna sell 3-4 million PPV buys. But on UFC platform. I don’t know if the Triller platform is big enough.”
He did seem to have a small suggestion at the end:
“We can do a joint [platform], like friends. Everybody likes to make money, you understand?”
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