Vitor Belfort slams Jake Paul’s boxing career

‘Jake Paul is simply a fighter!? Please!?? He's not a existent fighter! Do you cognize what is the occupation of the satellite we unrecorded in?' - said Vitor Belfort, legendary Brazilian and erstwhile UFC champion.

The experienced combatant does not fell his vexation that much and much radical are considering the fashionable YouTuber arsenic a superior sanction successful boxing. According to him, choosing opponents and gathering a vocation connected "safe" fights is not what makes a existent fighter.

Let's remind, 27-year-old Paul started his travel against chap YouTuber Ali Eson Gib, past continued against erstwhile NBA subordinate Nate Robinson. He aboriginal picked disconnected retired MMA fighters similar Ben Askren, Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley successful turn.

Belfort criticizes modern sports

In an interrogation with MMA Fighting, Belfort emphasizes that the occupation lies successful today's civilization of "content creators":

- The occupation of the satellite we unrecorded successful and the existent procreation is "content", but I ever ask: "What benignant of contented is that?" Tell me, "content creators", what benignant of content? "Oh, I marque radical laugh".

He believes that existent athletes are becoming little and little appreciated due to the fact that brands are investing successful influencers with ample numbers of followers:

- The occupation is knowing the worth of what you do. Success is not however overmuch wealth you person successful the bank, occurrence is what you bash and however you bash it. It's precise bittersweet that galore athletes contiguous are losing their marketplace worth due to the fact that of radical who simply portion bare oregon bash comic things.

When it comes to Paul, Belfort is clear:

- Look astatine Jake Paul, he's an illustration of that. Jake Paul is simply a fighter!? Please!?? I recognize that he's a combatant now, but he's created a wholly antithetic element. He's not a existent fighter! I respect what helium did, but he's not a existent fighter.

He besides added:

- He picked his opponents and hyped up his career. People deliberation it's existent boxing, but it's not! We unrecorded successful a satellite we telephone virtual reality, but it's not reality. But MMA, it's reality!