Both fighters will probably observe the motion contained in the ring keenly as they've vested pursuits within the consequence of the double foremost occasion. Paul misplaced to Fury in late February, nonetheless the one loss on his report.

The social media star additionally made his novice debut towards KSI's youthful brother, Deji Olatunji - successful by TKO within the chief undercard match to KSI vs Logan Paul - on the identical area in Manchester, England.

Jake Paul frequently attends his older brother's fights. During the build-up to this occasion, he has taken umbrage with Danis attacking Logan's fiancee, Nina Agdal.

As for McGregor, Danis has been certainly one of his coaching companions throughout combat camps relationship again to 2016. That long-time affiliation has seen him interact in hostilities with Logan Paul earlier than the YouTuber fights his buddy.

This summer time, McGregor referred to as out KSI for a bare-knuckle combat after taking the microphone contained in the ring after Anthony Joshua beat Robert Helenius. The British YouTuber was ringside on the O2 Arena in London, as McGregor was earlier than going by way of the ropes.

Whether one thing comparable will transpire with Jake Paul in the home on the weekend stays to be seen. However, the YouTuber's former opponent, Ben Askren, has beforehand tipped that combat to happen.

"I think McGregor times Jake Paul makes everyone a lot of money," the MMA artist admitted on UFC fighter-turned-commentator Daniel Cormier’s eponymous YouTube channel. Askren misplaced to Paul through a first-round TKO in April 2021 to finish months of social media back-and-forth between the pair.

The former Olympic wrestler admitted that preventing McGregor "makes a lot of sense" if Paul have been to beat Nate Diaz. He did simply that in early August, taking a unanimous choice victory.

Askren continued: "I don’t know what Conor’s contract is or what his relationship is with UFC where he can go get it done, but I think a lot of people buy that fight. I think there are a lot of casual fans who just want to see a boxing match.

"And you already know what, Jake Paul’s not dangerous at boxing. Maybe I’m simply making an attempt to make myself really feel higher doubtlessly, however he did beat Tyron (Woodley, twice); he did beat Anderson Silva."

Before any potential Paul combat, McGregor appears set to face Michael Chandler within the new yr. The Irishman has not fought since July 2021.

However, he's within the technique of re-entering the USADA testing pool. After not less than six months of testing, he can then combat once more.