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25th April 2021
10:07am BST

"Come on Ben! You let the boy do you like that?! Somebody's got to do something about this Jake Paul, man! "Well, guess he's gonna get to pretend to be a fighter a little while longer now. They gonna have to give him somebody real now."After conceding that 'the dude can box', Cormier called on more renowned UFC strikers like Leon Edwards and Tyron Woodley to step in the ring with Paul. Paul called out Cormier, then, but the former Olympic wrestler and UFC star insisted he was a past tense fighter, and that there were plenty of UFC stars on the current roster than would gladly step up. During the UFC 261 live broadcast, there were words exchanged between Cormier and the Paul entourage. That led to Cormier storming over during a break to confront the social media star.
"You put my name in your mouth first!" Paul insisted, as he removed his glasses. "I'm not playing. I'm not playing!" Cormier shouted as security intervened.Sure enough, a video of the altercation soon appeared online: https://twitter.com/jakepaul/status/1386176614371844096 That was not the end of the matter as verbal jabs continued during the broadcast, with Cormier doing his best to stay focused as he called the main event fights. https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie/status/1386149075603451904 As for the event itself, Kamaru Usman defended his 170lbs belt by knocking out Jorge Masvidal and Valentina Shevchenko also defended her flyweight strap with a comprehensive victory over Jessica Andrade. One title did change hands, however, as Rose Namajunas defeated straw-weight champion Zhang Weili with a first round stoppage.
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