11 June 2023 , 13:08
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YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has mocked his former opponent Ben Askren by posting a picture alongside Jorge Masvidal.
Paul knocked out former UFC fighter Askren in less than two minutes when the pair fought two years ago. The fight was Askren's boxing debut whilst Paul was competing for a third time as a professional and despite Askren not being known as a striker, he was backed by many fans to beat 'The Problem Child'.
The fight took place almost two years after Askren was knocked out with a flying knee in just five seconds by Masvidal in their fight at UFC 239. The knockout still stands as the quickest finish in UFC history and Askren failed to ever bounce back after the defeat, losing to Demian Maia in his next fight and subsequently retiring from MMA.
Paul has now trolled Askren by tweeting a picture of his right hand and Masvidal's knee with the caption: "Yo Ben Askren, you recognise anything in this photo?". Masvidal responded to the picture with a laughing face emoji whilst Askren eventually replied: "You and Jorge made up and you are butt buddies again?"
YouTube boxer Paul has insisted that he still doesn't have respect for Askren because of the way he acted after their fight. "He's not peaceful, he's an egotistical narcissist," Paul said on his B/S podcast. "Bizarre out of this world lunatic. I got him the biggest payday of his life and he's in his post-fight press conference saying 'Nah, he's not even that good. He doesn't even hit hard.' You have to be f***ed up in the head to think like that."
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Masvidal's appearance on Paul's podcast came as a surprise to many fans given the duo seemingly had an issue with each other. Masvidal and Paul were on good terms two years ago as the former helped 'The Problem Child' prepare for his boxing fight against Askren, but soon after they had a falling out after Masvidal backed his former teammate Tyron Woodley to beat Paul.
A fight between Masvidal and Paul was touted by fans, but 'Gamebred' insisted the UFC were never keen on the idea of him boxing whilst under contract as he told Paul: "If I am being honest with you, the conversations I had with the UFC they never wanted to let me go and do boxing. They have shut down things of that nature, so I don't think you know how far away we really were from doing something like that."