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Jake Paul: ‘We’re a lot closer to a Jake Paul-Conor McGregor fight than anyone thinks’

Jake Paul may be making waves in the sport of boxing, but he’s spent a lot of time engaging in trash talk with the top fighters from the sport of MMA.

On Saturday night, the 24-year-old Ohio native will compete in his third professional fight, but he will be facing a professional fighter for the first time when he clashes with former Bellator and ONE champion Ben Askren. Paul had exchanged fiery messages with Askren over social media for months leading up to the announcement of their fight, which headlines the Triller Fight Club card on pay-per-view.