Back in April 2021, reports about a special bout agreement for the Jake Paul-Ben Askren match surfaced on fight week. The said deal supposedly stated that Askren would forfeit his entire purse if he threw any MMA move during the fight.
At the time, Askren disputed the claim by simply saying “this is false.” But in a recent conversation with Fight Hub TV’s Marcos Villegas, he did confirm that he was asked to sign a special agreement.
“The one thing they did try to do, they tried to pull over on me… one day, his guy (business partner Nakisa Bidarian) called me and he said, ‘Hey Ben, Triller’s worried you’re gonna do some MMA moves… how about you sign a contract you’ll get fined $100,000 for every time you do an MMA move?