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Jorge Masvidal reveals UFC vetoed fight with Jake Paul: ‘We’re not going to let you make money with this guy’

Jorge Masvidal wanted to box Jake Paul but ‘Gamebred’ says the UFC wouldn’t allow him to do so.

Masvidal and Paul have not seen eye-to-eye since the two trained together ahead of ‘The Problem Child’s’ fight against Ben Askren. In 2021, Paul claimed he had a five million dollar offer for Masvidal for the two to box, but ‘Gamebred’ was locked into his UFC contract.

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However, with Masvidal now out of his UFC contract and taking boxing fights, many thought a fight would happen.