MMA Superstar Chael Sonnen Isn’t Sold on Jake Paul and Tommy Fury Fight: “I Don’t Think Fury Will Show Up”
The long-awaited match between Jake Paul & Tommy Fury may be over after several highly publicized cancellations, fallbacks and back up fights. Reports now confirm that they have reached a deal to fight in Saudi Arabia on February 25th.
Sources confirmed the news that the deal had been finally reached, after many thought these two fighters would never step into the ring together, to MMA Hours’ Ariel Helwani this week.
However, former UFC fighter and promotor Chael Sonnen doesn’t seem too convinced that this third attempt by the two young boxers is worth much of anyone’s time, or that it may even happen.
“Guys I’m gonna take one crack at this and I’m gonna tell you right now, if Jake Paul fights Tommy Fury, I am out,” Sonnen made the comment in a YouTube clip. “That’s not a threat, I’m just letting you know well in advance if that’s the type of news and analysis and information you would like, you’re gonna have to go somewhere else to get it.”
“There’s a rumor going around but there’s an outside chance that it’s false,” He went on. “If this rumor gets confirmed and it turns out Paul and Fury are going to box, no problem, but I’m out. I’m out because first off, I don’t think Fury will show up, and second off, I like Paul.
“I don’t just mean I like him when I meet him in person he was a nice guy, I don’t just mean that. I like what he’s doing I like the concept I like that he’s getting better. I like that he has four different jobs and never once misses and never seems tired, I like that.”
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Sonnen continued his praise of the YouTuber turned prize fighter, saying “I like that he’s driven, I like that he can look the world in the eyes telling him he can’t do something and then go out and do it. I like him and I believe he should get rewarded for his efforts. Everybody would. And when he goes out and goes out and gets something done, including if he goes here against Will Fleury and he beats him he’s not going to get credit, he’s not going to get the pat on the back the boxing community is setting him up and I think that’s low.
“So if I don’t think a fights gonna happen but I know full well right it’s a pie there’s a portion of me that doesn’t think it’s gonna happen but the other portion is that if it does happen, what difference does it make? The community is not going to get behind Jake, they’re not going to give him a reward or any kind of credit, it’s going to be just something that we do until we move onto the next one. I don’t think it’s right.
“Whoever is advising him and telling him to do that they’re lying to him. They’re setting him up.”
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Tommy Fury is known for cancelling fights against Paul. He cancelled his fight with Paul in 2021 due to an undisclosed health issue. He was again unable to fight in the United States in 2021, when he canceled.
Tommy Fury’s faTher and coach, John Fury, told the Mirror Yesterday, his youngest son was ready and available to face Paul.
“We are ahead of schedule, training hard and looking forward to getting it on,” Fury Sr. “Do I see Jake Paul as a threat in this fight? No, absolutely not I am seeing him as a heavy bag with arms that is going to get knocked out. We will see what he is made of but unless I see a totally different man come to the ring, he doesn’t have a prayer.”
Paul is currently 6-0 and has defeated MMA greats Anderson Silva, Tryon woodly, Ben Askren and Nate Robinson. Paul recently signed a major deal to the PFL, where he will make his debut in an MMA fight.
What do you think? Is this the end of the fight? Or is it just another failed attempt? Comment below.
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