A fight between Jake Paul and UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman may not be a pipe dream after all.
Ali Abdelaziz, Usman's manager, told TMZ Sports the event "absolutely can happen" but added UFC President Dana White likely holds all of the cards. Abdelaziz went on to say White might be motivated to see Usman "put [Paul's] face through his head."
Conor McGregor had a layoff of nearly two years from mixed martial arts, in part to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., so it wouldn't be unprecedented for a top UFC star to take a long hiatus in favor of a massive money-making venture.