MMA’s Insecurity and Protectionism: It’s Every Day, Bro
Jordan Breen unpacks the Jake Paul-effect and why the MMA world finds it so triggering.
Jake Paul celebrates his KO of Ben Askren. |
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It goes without saying that the biggest MMA story of the week is the Ultimate Fighting Championship finally going public on Thursday, an eventuality that was anticipated from the moment Zuffa sold the company to WME-IMG – now Endeavor – in July 2016. But, as is often the case now in the combat sports world, cultural enfants terrible Logan and Jake Paul managed to also worm their way into the headlines, with the elder Logan making his exhibition boxing match with boxing legend Floyd Mayweather official for June 6 in Miami. The news came less than two weeks after the younger Jake knocked out former Bellator MMA and One Championship titlist Ben Askren in the boxing ring in less than two minutes.
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