Ben Askren doesn’t understand why Jake Paul is so popular, labeling the social media star as an “idiot.”
Askren, a former UFC welterweight and champion under ONE Championship, is scheduled to fight Paul on April 17th at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The fight will cost $49.99 on pay-per-view.
Along with his brother Logan, the Paul brothers have enormous followings on social media. Logan and Jake have a combined 44 million YouTube subscribers and 33 million Instagram followers between them. Askren struggles to see why those figures are so high, so he asked the kids on the youth wrestling team he coaches about it.