13 February 2023 , 09:36
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Logan Paul was booed by fans after trying to reason with those who chanted "F*** Jake Paul" while touring Australia with KSI.
YouTube stars Paul and KSI - real name JJ Olatunji - travelled to Perth after signing a deal for their hugely popular Prime energy drink to become an official sponsor of the UFC. The pair posed in the octagon before UFC 284 before sitting cageside for the huge title fight between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski.
They then watched on as Makhachev retained his UFC lightweight title in a back-and-forth encounter, with Volkanovski's final-round knockdown prompting them to jump up wildly from their seats. And when they were shown on the big screen, the crowd jeered loudly with the pair awkwardly laughing off the negative reception, which was a very different reaction to the one received elsewhere in the country.
A video then emerged of Paul grabbing a megaphone and trying to reason with the crowd at an earlier event, insisting his brother was not a villain after the fans shouted "F*** Jake Paul". However he was once again forced to laugh off the chant as it continued, before he was met with further boos from the crowd who were clearly in support of KSI who received a thunderous reception.
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Paul and KSI had already agreed to a winner-takes-all deal last year with the fight expected to be staged by the end of this year. However Paul made a new public agreement on social media insisting he is open to meeting KSI at his target weight of 175lb.
He tweeted: "I will agree to fight KSI at 180 pounds plus his request for a 10 pound rehydration clause. BUT it has to be 100% the winner-takes-all like he requested. ZERO to the loser. ZERO." KSI then replied: "So you gave into my demands and now want to give me more money too? You got yourself a deal idiot."
Paul then had the final say, replying: "Yeah I gave into your 'demands' to try and give you an advantage for you to actually agree to fight me. Again ZERO to the loser. Not you, not your fake a** promotion."